The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1867-11-29
Africans Making CenstitH-
tissnS

! as ConSIitNtlOn-tlnker DOWN IN
Alabama. The State Convention
there was temporarily organized by
the selection Of the editor of Rad
zeal newspaper, GRIFFIN, late from
Chicago, Illinois, as presiding off,
cer Beek, Of Alabama, was then
elected permanent President. A
correspondent Of the WORLD says:
.s. When this was done, a motion
was made and carried that the mcm-
bers register their names. OF the
African delegates one half could
not write their names, but made
their marls. This being over, the
selectis Secretary took place
Barbour, late agent Of the Freed
mems Bureau, was one candidate,
and Patrick another. The vote
was taken by count, and when the
first African was called, he insisted
upon answering "here." The clerk
repeated his name only to get a
louder response, "HERE.' Here
! W Us HitCu, lOl HcIc WAS uot u
candidate. At length the Presi-
dent explained to the Africans that
they were not at a plantation mus
ter, answering at roll call, but were
voting either for Barbour or Pat
rick, aud the convention started
again. An African was then made
Assistant Secretary. Some white
members then attempted to get
white door-keepcr. This led to
vote by count, and the African was
successful. Then came PROPOSE
tion that the members take the
iron-clad oath provided by Congress,
which all FEDERAL officers in tAc
North and lawyers in the federal
courts are required to subscribe -
This made trouble, for many radical
delegates were, during the war,
radical rebels. The difficulty, how-
ever, was overcome by the forum
ate suggestion that, as General
Pope had approved the selection of,
ana called the eleSates' the oatn
was dispensed Quite a cute dodge!
This @"|c.A t,o first days pn'f'rm-
%n--
9 Later III the proceedings GcH-
oiai Pope sent to the convention
proposition to provide at once for
aVri of provisional government, to
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ny 'he co''' ."' ION o'ocf ~ .''e ol'e
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"o' eF'ef IS 20 py apno'h'eo ~ 'n1 1
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"te"c' '2'1'e olicl'iS' e lhls ms pIopo'
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o't,'aateiJ te 'a'lseo' 'he A'f'ean"
n, anu "li'G n'o'cSi'' "ppfoNi.,s H.
us NUN 10, 81, " ne" o''S'''otio''
!!'f Aiap"l'"'
In order that our readers may be
Informed, from 6 ke.ubl'ean stand
point, Of the manner III winch dele
gates to these conventions have
been elected we give the following
extract from correspondent OF the
N. I. Times, VINO writes ABOUT the
AFFAIRS In Georgia
"ExPerlence OF the manner IN
which the negroes exercise the SUI
trage does not tend TO remove the
conviction as to their lncapacity;,
Not one in thousand who voted
had the remotest idea what ne was
DONG and very few knew the names
OF the candidates L saw one VINO
IN some way got slip upon winch
eight or nlne sets OF tickets mad
been printed, refuse to permit the
so',lahoe " 'ne 'A' "o -. -.
Iouiu uo. 'o P.lsA'oeT 1 ~ a.posl' r.
ou' o''o !" wy 49, -: - :. -
oInes 1 ano w. :; ~ .'s .h '.a, ns. "'n anu
VINO ie'uileu Al 'he '''efaoon 70
Wv as''n' n vas 1ccosHi1eu -
y sa1 poi' oie'A' 'n' mnea ashca
"hae nc meant ne salu 'ha' nc nao
voted Tor jack Deil (negro) IN 'he
llioi''i"s' anu ','ousn, no '"u uo"e
wrong ana ousn' 70 nave so'ea lor
Mf. hkerhlah, ahu wah'ea 70 re,
F'if nis eifoi oy seeoh' 'o'c.
Another correspondent, writing
from Mississippi, depicts the utter
moral degradation into which the