Excerpt from The Miscellaneous Documents of the Senate of the United States for the Second Session of the Forty-Fourth Congress, Vol. 4 of 6: Mississippi; Testimony as to Denial of Elective Franchise in Mississippi at the Elections of 1875 and 1876, Taken Under the Resolution of the Senate of December 5, 1876 Mr. Mitchell. On the general subject of elections in that State. Mr. Kernan. What sort of evidence is it to ask what is the general feeling of a. Party in the State? Mr. Mitchell. As to their right to vote in the recent election. Mr. Kernan. I object to that. Rumor through the newspapers would be better than that. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.