Report of the Joint Select Committee to Inquire Into the Condition of Affairs in the Late Insurrectionary States, So Far as Regards the Execution of the Laws, and Safety of the Lives and Property of the Citizens of the United States and Testimony Taken: Testimony taken by the committee (June 2-Nov. 11, 1871) AlabamaU.S. Government Printing Office, 1872 - Reconstruction |
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... political opinions ? Answer. Yes, sir. Question. What is the politics in your county of the white men; republican or democratic ? Answer. It is democratic. Question. Do republicans and democrats alike unite in denouncing these things ...
... political opinions ? Answer. Yes, sir. Question. What is the politics in your county of the white men; republican or democratic ? Answer. It is democratic. Question. Do republicans and democrats alike unite in denouncing these things ...
Page 657
... politics at that time? Answer. Weir, I think, has voted the republican ticket all along, but I am not certain. Question, Was he a soldier in the war ? Answer. No, sir ... political office. I had never been 42 A ALABAMA— SUB-COMMITTEE. 657.
... politics at that time? Answer. Weir, I think, has voted the republican ticket all along, but I am not certain. Question, Was he a soldier in the war ? Answer. No, sir ... political office. I had never been 42 A ALABAMA— SUB-COMMITTEE. 657.
Page 658
... political influence. He told me explicitly that politics had nothing to do with it, and he thought it all originated from a personal affair between him and William S. Blair. By Mr. Buckley : Question. Judge Minnis, who was a witness ...
... political influence. He told me explicitly that politics had nothing to do with it, and he thought it all originated from a personal affair between him and William S. Blair. By Mr. Buckley : Question. Judge Minnis, who was a witness ...
Page 661
... political organizations, and I feared that it might be demoralized if the original object was not connected with politics ; that it might become demoralized finally into it ; that men might get into it who were bad men and might deflect ...
... political organizations, and I feared that it might be demoralized if the original object was not connected with politics ; that it might become demoralized finally into it ; that men might get into it who were bad men and might deflect ...
Page 662
... political purposes ? Answer. No, sir ; I do not know of a case. Question. I mean to influence men's voting? Answer. No, sir; I never have known a single case in our county. I cannot remember now any case that I have heard of at all in ...
... political purposes ? Answer. No, sir ; I do not know of a case. Question. I mean to influence men's voting? Answer. No, sir; I never have known a single case in our county. I cannot remember now any case that I have heard of at all in ...
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