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And Ben Hill, than whom there are but few more influential men in the State, advises the people after this fashion, "I would vote for no man who could take the Congressional test-oath, because it is the highest evidence of infidelity to the people of the State."
"Why," said Bothwell, hesitating, "I don't know most of my cloth would have the money, and take off the prisoner too; but I bear a conscience, and if your master will stand to your offer, and enter into a bond to produce his nephew, and if all in the house will take the test-oath, I do not know but" "O ay, ay, sir," cried Mrs Wilson, "ony test, ony oaths ye please!"
Meanwhile, Sergeant Bothwell began to put the test-oath with such a degree of solemn reverence as might have been expected, being just about the same which is used to this day in his majesty's custom-house. "You what's your name, woman?" "Alison Wilson, sir." "Oh, whisht, mither, whisht! they're upon a communing Oh! whisht, and they'll agree weel eneuch e'enow."
Justice Field for the court in 1867, in regard to the test-oaths prescribed in the Missouri constitution, and also in regard to the test-oath of lawyers known as the case ex parte Garland. All the impressions touching his Democratic tendencies had been deepened and increased during the Impeachment trial.
Then comes the test-oath act. This requires all State judges and jurors in the State courts to swear that they will execute the ordinance, and all acts of the legislature passed in pursuance thereof.
It is true that in a certain election under the Reconstruction laws the voter was subjected to a test-oath, but this condition was imposed under what seemed to be a fair plea of necessity; for it was applied in the South only after the entire white population had refused to reconstruct their States on the basis first freely offered them, with no restriction on white suffrage, and even before the negro was empowered to vote.
"'Bout half on 'em Secesh," whispered Jim Dyke. "'T depends on who burned their barns fust." Jim was recruiting to fill up some vacancies in Palmer's company. He had been tolerably successful that day; as he said, with a wink, to the Captain, "The twenty dollars a month on one side, an' the test-oath on t' other, brought loyalty up to the scratch."
During this Administration Lord John Russell brought forward his motion for the repeal of the Test and Corporation Acts; the object of the motion being to abolish all the conditions which rendered it impossible for the members of any Protestant dissenting denomination to hold State or municipal office, unless they were willing to accept a test-oath, which acknowledged the spiritual supremacy of the Church of England.
"Danged ef I don't respect Secesh like them," broke out Dyke. "Ye'll not sin his soul with a test-oath. Thar's grit thar. Well, God help us!" Palmer stepped down from the pulpit; but the old man, seeing him coming, turned and shouldered his way out of the crowd, his haggard face blood-red. "What'll the old chap say to Gaunt's enlistin'?" said Dyke. "Gaunt in?
Then comes the test-oath act. This requires all State judges and jurors in the State courts to swear that they will execute the ordinance, and all acts of the legislature passed in pursuance thereof.
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