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Fourteenth Amendment, p. 55; _N. Y. Times_, Jan. 23, 1867. General Wager Swayne to S. P. Chase, Dec. 10, 1866, wrote, in substance, that--the evident intention of Congress to enforce its own plan makes it seem possible to secure from the Alabama legislature the ratification of the Amendment; that the Senate was ready to ratify in spite of the governor's message against it, and of the certain disapproval of
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but a despatch had been sent to Parsons in the North for advice, and he advised rejection; inspired, it was asserted by the President, the cry was raised,
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and the measure was lost; but when they return (in January) they will be prepared for either course, and the governor will recommend ratification.
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Diary and Correspondence of S. P. Chase,