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Title: A picture of the desolated states; and the work of restoration. 1865-1868
Year: 1868 (1860s)
Authors: Trowbridge, J. T. (John Townsend), 1827-1916
Subjects: Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885 Colfax, Schuyler, 1823-1885 Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) Southern States -- Description and travel United States -- History Civil War, 1861-1865 Anecdotes
Publisher: Hartford, Conn., L. Stebbins
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
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owest num-ber required for ratification of the Constitution was 78,473.The actual legal vote, under these adverse influences, was70,359, or 8,114 short of the vote required. Of these 70,359votes, 62,089 were for the Constitution. Under the existino:law, therefore, the Constitution failed of ratification. The Louisiana Convention met November 23. It adoptedfor its first article, that all men were born free and equal, andon the 28th of December, enacted the following as its secondarticle: All persons, without regard to race, color, or pre-vious condition, born and naturalized in the United States,and residents of this State for one year, are citizens of thisState. They shall enjoy the same civil, political, and publicrights and privileges, and be subject to the same pains andpenalties. This Constitution was voted upon in April, and was rat-ified by a majority of over 17,000 votes. The Georgia Convention met on the 12th of December,and sat through nearly the whole of January. The Consti-
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THE DESOLATED STATES. 649 tution formed bj it was adopted in April, by about 18,000majority. The Florida Convention met January 20, 1868. At firstthere was considerable difficulty — two factions existing in theConvention, which seemed determined to divide and ruin itscouncils ; but through the friendly interference of GeneralMeade, who had succeeded to General Pope in command ofthe district on the 28th of December, 1867, the two partieswere reconciled, and the Convention perfected its Constitution,which was ratified by the people early in May, by about 3,000majority. In South Carolina the Convention was called by a largemajority, and met on ■ . Its Constitution was rat-ified in April, by a majority of over 36,000, in a registry of127,550, and a vote of 85,843. North Carolina adopted her new Constitution also in April,by nearly 30,000 majority. Arkansas voted on her new Constitution in May, and rat-ified it by about 2,000 majority. Virginia, Mississippi, and Texas have each held th

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