Politics and Politicians--Disruption of the Republicans in Arkansas--"Minstrels and Brindle Tails"--Early Canvassing in the South, with Its Peculiarities--Ku Klux Visits--My Appointment as County Attorney and Election as Municipal Judge--Hon. John Allen, of Mississippi, His Descriptive Anecdote.
Lowering Cloud on Righteous Rule--Comparison of Negro Progress--Sir Walter Scott in His Notes on English History--George C. Lorimer, a Noted Divine--Educational Solution of the Race Problem--Baron Russell, Lord Chief Justice of England--Civil War in Arkansas--Expulsion of Governor Baxter and Instalment of Governor Brooks at the State Houses--Stirring Episodes--"Who Shall Bell the Cat?"--Extraordinary Session of the Legislature--My Issue of a Search Warrant for the Seal of the State--Recognition of Baxter by the President.