Excerpt from Report of the Committee of the General Assembly of the State of Delaware, Together With the Journal of the Committee, and the Testimony Taken Before Them: In Regard to the Interference by United States Troops With the General Election Held in the State on the Fourth Day of Dovember, 1862 Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met, That so much of the Governor's Message as refers to the interference by troops in the service of the United States with the elections in this State on the 4th day of November last, he referred to a Committee of three members on the part of the Senate, and five members on the part of House of Representatives, and that said Committee have power to send for persons and papers, and leave to report by bill or otherwise. The importance of the subject submitted to the Committee for investigation, involving the grave fact of actual interference by the Federal Government with the most sacred right of the people of the State, the right to the free expression of their Opinion at the ballot-box, in the choice of State and local' officers, induced your Committee to summon before them one hundred and twenty four witnesses, residents in different parts of the State, and representing both the political parties. The testimony of these witnesses will be found in the Journal of the Committee accompanying this Report. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.