The result of
the elections.
The great mass of those who registered and refrained from voting were the whites who were opposed to the Congressional Acts for
The character of
the Convention
delegates chosen.
During the winter and spring of 1867-68 the work of these conventions went on under the greatest extravagance and incompetence of every kind.
The work of the
conventions.
The restrictions upon eligibility to hold office or mandate were in general the same as those imposed on the exercise of the suffrage, and in some cases they went even further, as in the cases of the Mississippi and Virginia instruments, by both of which anybody who had voluntarily participated in the rebellion, or had voluntarily given aid or comfort to those who had, was disqualified.
The next step in the procedure was the submission of these constitutions to the voters. The registration was effected in the same