Polemic statement opposing Reconstruction in Alabama.
The author, who feels that Reconstruction is a "rude chain of radical tyranny and Negro oppression," he urges citizens not to "be content until the last hated radical and Scalywag [sic] has been driven our borders." He criticizes perceived apathy among the local men ("I find...
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Alabama Department of Archives and History
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| Summary: | The author, who feels that Reconstruction is a "rude chain of radical tyranny and Negro oppression," he urges citizens not to "be content until the last hated radical and Scalywag [sic] has been driven our borders." He criticizes perceived apathy among the local men ("I find a good many of the whites are not fully aroused to the necesities [sic] of the occasion, much more eager and intent in saving their cotton, than their county and state") and believes that the newly freed African Americans are "demoralized and dont [sic] know as yet which way they will vote": "I cant [sic] but think if there is some judicious plan adopted . . . the major portion of them could be made vote with us." |
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