[25]. Unofficial.
[26]. See this letter on a preceding page.
[27]. According to the most complete returns now available, the vote of the registration and for a convention to form a constitution in all the desolated States, except Texas, was substantially as follows:—
| STATES. | REGISTRATION.[[28]] | CONVENTION. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| White. | Colored. | Total. | For. | Against. | Not Voting. | |
| Alabama | 74,450 | 90,350 | 166,289 | 87,672 | 5,683 | 72,934 |
| Arkansas | 33,047 | 21,207 | 66,805 | 27,576 | 13,558 | 25,671 |
| Florida | 10,804 | 15,234 | 27,521 | 13,882 | 111 | 13,528 |
| Georgia | 95,214 | 93,458 | 188,672 | 102,282 | 4,127 | 82,263 |
| Louisiana | 45,199 | 84,431 | 129,630 | 75,083 | 4,006 | 50,541 |
| Mississippi | 46,636 | 60,167 | 139,327 | 69,739 | 6,277 | 63,311 |
| North Carolina | 103,060 | 71,657 | 174,717 | 57,359 | 18,635 | [[29]] |
| South Carolina | 45,751 | 79,535 | 125,286 | 60,278 | 1,480 | 63,528 |
| Texas | 59,666 | 47,430 | 107,096 | |||
| Virginia | 116,982 | 104,772 | 221,754 | 107,342 | 61,887 | 52,525 |
| Total | 630,809 | 668,241 | 1,347,097 | 601,213 | 115,764 | 424,301 |
The latest available reports in regard to the adoption of the constitutions and the election of legislatures in these States are as follows:—
| Total vote. | For Constitution. | Against. | White for. | Against. | Colored for. | Against. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 71,817 | 70,812 | 1,005 | 5,802 | 900 | 62,089 | 105 |
| South Carolina[[28]] | 98,046 | 70,758 | 27,288 | ||||
| Arkansas[[29]] | 19,978 | 10,985 | 8,993 | ||||
| North Carolina— | Majority for Constitution over 25,000 | ||||||
| Georgia | Majority for Constitution over 17,923 | ||||||
| Louisiana | Majority for Constitution over 17,000 | ||||||
| Florida | Majority for Constitution over 3,000 | ||||||
The Governors elected in these States were, South Carolina, —— ——; Arkansas, —— ——; North Carolina, W. W. Holden; Georgia, —— Bullock; Louisiana, H. C. Warmoth; Florida, —— Reed. The Governors were all Republicans. The Legislatures had also in every case a Republican majority, in some cases a very large one. In Georgia, the Senate stood 27 Republicans to 16 Democrats, and 1 doubtful; the House, 96 Republicans to 24 Democrats, and 6 doubtful. In North Carolina, the Republicans had 32 out of the 50 Senators, and 68 of the 122 Representatives. In Louisiana, the Republicans had 21 out of 36 Senators, and 56 out of 101 Representatives. The other States had generally large majorities on the Republican side.
The Senators from all these States were Republicans, and the Representatives in Congress were of the same party, except three from Georgia, and one from Louisiana, whose seat was to be contested.
[28]. In a number of the States, a discrepancy will be observed between the white and colored registries and the total. It arises from the fact that we have used official totals where we could obtain them, giving incomplete divisions of the races when we could obtain nothing better.