Chapter Xxi.--Negro Suffrage.

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Review of the preceding action -- Efforts of Mr. Yates for Unrestricted Suffrage -- Davis's Amendment to Cuvier -- The "Propitious Hour" -- The Mayor's Remonstrance -- Mr. Willey's Amendment -- Mr. Cowan's Amendment for Female Suffrage -- Attempt to out-radical the Radicals -- Opinions for and against Female Suffrage -- Reading and Writing as a Qualification -- Passage of the Bill -- Objections of the President -- Two Senators on the Opinions of the People -- The Suffrage Bill becomes a Law.