"A White Man's Government"
Summary
The newspaper encourages readers to vote against the new constitution which would allow representation in state legislature by counting Negro population. Paper says this would give one white legislator from a county with a large Negro population the same voting power as three white legislators from an area with a small Negro population.
Article Source
Newspaper: The Herald and Torch Light
Publication Date: September 4th, 1867
Page/Column: 2A
Town: Hagerstown, MD
County: Washington
Subjects
- Politics
- Civil Liberties
