The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1866-06-23
Colonel Forshey, o. Texas, before The
COMMITTEE on Reconstruction.

C0H.uA,lcS On neCuBsti uClioH'
On the application Of the Hon Rev
cndy johnson. Of Mars mnd, tnlone
For-hcv. of Texas. was summoned u
appear before the Committee to testii'
h. the condition aud disposition Of th'
state. lately in rebellion.
SWORN NJ CHAIRMAN OF Tus COMMITTEES
@ OF VIA, State are y0n q resident
andhow long, A ! have resided 'welv'
,ears in Texas
q. From what State did you emif-niS
TO Texas, A claim TO hea Nirginisn
though chiefly reared in Ohio. whittier
nv father removed from Virginia IN my
childhood. received my collegiate cd
uca,ion ut Kenyon College, Ohio. ms
military and scientific elements st We-i
Poin, my life Of mauhoai has been
Passed in Louisiana and Texas
q Have you been IN the rebel service
and in wha: way 4 have served
during the wsr--was Lieutenant FoloneI
II Engineers, chiefly engaged in the de
fcn-cs west u the Mississippi
q VIVA, knowlcdge have YOU of the
condition and disposition Of the people
of the State. lately III rebellion against
the United States A. ! think | have
pretty good knowledge a. to the three
Southwestern states, IN which my ac-
quain,ancs is very extensive, and. per
haps. NAV assume t. have fair degree
of general kno. ledge ne 10 the other
Confederate State ~ lcnst have made
tn. matter "a continual subject Of inquiry
md observation, and without knowing
the kri If information desired, viii
answer v hen ! ean
q Wha, is the state of puhlic order
and obedience 20 the lniici States AN
'horitles 10 Texas, anl the other states
Of which you have know lcigeY \ Good
order and obedience are universal IN
Texas and elsewhere. ~ ! believe II
has never been othervi se in Texas. uu
lc.- possibly On the Rio t'randc frontier
there may be- occasional exceptions
among the turbulent characters. that
hns M special hahitation either side o
the border
q Please state whether that g0od
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