[12] Journal of S. C. Constitutional Convention. 1731. [13] 20 So. Rep. 865. [14] 170 U. S. 213. [15] 118, U. S. 373. [16] 16, Wall., 70-73; 92 U. S., 214. [17] 15 Stat. at Large. 73. Also 16 Stat. 67. [18] Art. 6 Const. U. S., 2. Story on Const., Secs. 1836-1843. [19] Chicago Inter Ocean, Nov. 4, 1890. [20] New Orleans Picayune, April 4, 1899. Transcriber's Notes: Passages in italics are indicated by _underscore_. The following misprints have been corrected: "Goverment" corrected to "Government" (page 10) "expendtures" corrected to "expenditures" (page 12) "perservation" corrected to "preservation" (page 13) "succeded" corrected to "succeeded" (page 13) "disqualifing" corrected to "disqualifying" (page 16) "requisiion" corrected to "requisition" (page 18) "remarkble" corrected to "remarkable" (page 20) "prosperty" corrected to "prosperity" (page 26) "apprehenson" corrected to "apprehension" (page 27) End of Project Gutenberg's The Disfranchisement of the Negro, by John L. Love