answer in Louisiana but a bold and firm course, and that in taking

such a one I felt that I was strongly supported; a statement that was

then correct, for up to this period the better classes were disposed

to accept the Congressional plan of reconstruction.

During the controversy over the Levee Commissioners, and the

correspondence regarding the removal of Governor Wells, registration

had gone on under the rules laid down for the boards. The date set

for closing the books was the 3oth of June, but in the parish of