[1447] Journal, p. 53.
[1448] Selma Messenger, Dec. 22, 1867.
[1449] Journal, pp. 84, 85.
[1450] N. Y. World, Nov. 20 and Dec. 6 and 14, 1867.
[1451] Annual Cyclopædia (1867), p. 33.
[1452] Code of Alabama, 1876, p. 113. Griffin said that the oath required the voter never to favor a change in the new constitution so far as the suffrage was concerned; that “it was the determination of the committee to forever fasten this constitution on the people of Alabama. He wanted to tie the hands of rebels, so that complete political equality should be secured to the negro.” Annual Cyclopædia (1867), p. 32.
[1453] This was aimed at the Confederate soldiers of north Alabama, who had imprisoned and in some cases hanged the tories and outlaws of that section.
[1454] Code of Alabama, 1876; Constitution of 1868, Article VII.
[1455] Annual Cyclopædia (1867), pp. 34, 35; Journal, pp. 186, 187.
[1456] Journal, pp. 257-262; N. Y. World, Nov. 20, 1867.