I am aware that this last statement may be disputed and individual testimony perhaps adduced to show that in ante-bellum days the ballot was as untrammelled in the south as in any section of the country; but in the face of any such contradiction I reassert the statement.
Grant asserts the validity of his statement regarding the political climate in the ante-bellum South despite potential disputes.
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