[160] The most prominent of these was Ex-Governor Brown. He went as a delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1868, but in a speech there declared his opposition to the granting of political power to the negro. Avery, History of Georgia, p. 385.

[161] S. J., 1868, p. 84.

[162] Constitution of 1868, Art. xi, § 3.

[163] Irwin’s Code, 1868, § 1648.

[164] Art. i, sec. 2.

[165] This ingenious argument of intent was made by Bullock. H. J., 1868, p. 300.

[166] White versus Clements, Georgia Reports, vol. 39, p. 232.

[167] H. J., 1868, pp. 242, 247. S. J., 1868, pp. 278, 280.

[168] Irwin’s Code, 1868, § 121.

[169] C. G., 40th Congress, 3d session, p. 3.