Excerpt from Political Condition of the South: Speech of Hon. George F. Hoar, of Massachusetts, in the House of Representives, August 9, 1876 Mr. Singleton. I wish to set the facts in a proper light before the country. This telegram I have received this morning. Mr. Hoar. I will not have any doubts about the question of courtesy; I yield for the reading of the telegram. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.