28 MARCH 1868, Page 1
The Bill passed by Congress to legalize any constitution in
the Southern States voted by a majority of those who are actually polled, and without requiring an absolute majority of the voters on the register, has become law,—the President not having signed it, but also not having vetoed it within the required time. The Republicans apparently hope to strengthen their position very much by giving Alabama, or any one Southern State, a speedy representation in Congress.
