Castello, and Fred Parsons,--and one colored man, H.P.
Jacobs, a Baptist preacher.

Throughout the State the proportion was about the same.

This was a great disappointment to the dominating element in the Democratic party, who had hoped and expected, through their policy of "Masterly Inactivity" and intimidation of white men, that the convention would be composed almost exclusively of illiterate and inexperienced colored men.

Although a minor at that time, I took an active part in the local politics of my county, and, being a member of a Republican club that had been organized at Natchez, I was frequently called upon to address the members at its weekly meetings.
When the State Constitution was submitted to a popular vote for ratification or rejection I took an active part in the county campaign in advocacy of its ratification.

In this election the Democrats pursued a course that was just the opposite of that pursued by them in the election of delegates to the Constitutional Convention.