11. The Convention and elections of 1868 will ever be remembered. The act of Congress, passed on February 20th, 1867, was in vain vetoed by the President. It was made the law of the land, and under its provisions, while twenty thousand white men of North Carolina were deprived of the right to vote, that privilege was extended to every colored male in the State who had attained the age of twenty-one years. 12. The year closed with great apprehensions to all classes. The new State government possessed neither the confidence nor the affection of the people, and in the pandemonium of bribery and corruption there was justification for the fears of men, who, in corrupt and reckless appropriations and corrupt and reckless expenditures, foresaw ruin to all material interests of the State. 12. In Robeson county, life and property were so insecure that extraordinary measures were adopted to extirpate the bandits who slew and plundered as if no legal restraints were left in the land. The story of Henry Berry Lowery and his "Swamp Angels" will ever stand as a convincing proof of the incompetency of the government of that day or of its wanton disregard of its duties to its citizens. QUESTIONS. 1. Where was President Andrew Johnson born? To what State did he go? To what profession did he devote himself? How is he said to have mastered the rudiments of education? What position did his native ability give him? 2. How did his feelings toward the South undergo a change? What did he incur thereby? How did this affect North Carolina and the South? 3. What is said of Governor Worth? 4. In what condition were the institutions of learning at this period? 5. What legislation is mentioned favoring the colored people? Why was this now necessary? 6. How were agricultural matters progressing? How were the farms conducted? 7. What was the general condition of the State? 8. For what was the Convention of 1868 held? Under whose order was the election for delegates held? 9. When was the Constitution thus framed submitted to the people? How is this Constitution now known? How was Governor Worth removed from office, and who was put in his place? What was the authority for this and other high-handed measures? 10. When did the Legislature of 1868 meet, and of whom was it composed? What is said of this Legislature? What is said of the "Special Tax Bonds"? 11. What is said of the Convention and elections of 1868? 12. In what condition were public affairs? 13. What is said of Robeson county, and Henry Berry Lowery and his "Swamp Angels"? CHAPTER LXVI. THE RESULTS OF RECONSTRUCTION. A. D. 1868 TO 1870.