 | John Bigelow - Presidents - 1895 - 498 pages
...where they voted. Apparently, the rules change as the requirements of the case change. VOL. II. -13 SOUTH CAROLINA. In South Carolina the undersigned...using the whole army to take possession of all the ballot-boxes in any State, and allow no voting except for himself if he was a candidate for reelection,... | |
 | John Bigelow - Politicians - 1895 - 476 pages
...militia of the State was used for the same purpose ; that the polls were surrounded by armed hands, who by violence and force prevented any exercise of...fairly warrant a President of the United States in nsing the whole army to take possession of all the ballot-boxes in any State, and allow no voting except... | |
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In South Carolina the undersigned voted against the Tilden electors being declared elected, because they had not received a majority of the votes of the people. In that case it was offered to be proved, in substance, that United States troops in large... 