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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Page 719
... understood. Question. Was the matter investigated ? Answer. It is under investigation now. Judge Common had some witnesses up before him last Saturday. He told me Saturday evening what facts had been developed in the case. They are ...
... understood. Question. Was the matter investigated ? Answer. It is under investigation now. Judge Common had some witnesses up before him last Saturday. He told me Saturday evening what facts had been developed in the case. They are ...
Page 721
... understood — the position of the democratic party as shown by some public meetings and resolutions passed — was that they regarded the whole structure of the State government then in existence as a usurpation and fraud. They did not ...
... understood — the position of the democratic party as shown by some public meetings and resolutions passed — was that they regarded the whole structure of the State government then in existence as a usurpation and fraud. They did not ...
Page 741
... understood I had bought arms for them. I told them that if they wanted my gun to come and get it. I told them that told me that if I had known it I wouldn't have said anything about it. They said if I didn't make way with it they would ...
... understood I had bought arms for them. I told them that if they wanted my gun to come and get it. I told them that told me that if I had known it I wouldn't have said anything about it. They said if I didn't make way with it they would ...
Page 746
... understood over the country. Now mark : I tell you through all these circumstances I wTas not mingling in public matters. I staid at home as close as most of men. I don't suppose I have been off my place three times in six months, until ...
... understood over the country. Now mark : I tell you through all these circumstances I wTas not mingling in public matters. I staid at home as close as most of men. I don't suppose I have been off my place three times in six months, until ...
Page 752
... understood each other, all being on that side. They then gave him assurances that if ever he voted a ticket of that kind, or any of the other six did, they would come and see him again, and give him a trip over the moon. Mr. Harper is a ...
... understood each other, all being on that side. They then gave him assurances that if ever he voted a ticket of that kind, or any of the other six did, they would come and see him again, and give him a trip over the moon. Mr. Harper is a ...
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