J. M. JONES

Georgia rejected ratification. It was argued that even if one believes that white women should have the right to vote, the price would be in to institutionalize forever the right of the Black woman and then the Black man to vote as embodied in the 15th Amendment. Some southerners had always claimed that the 15th Amendment was invalid as it was ratified by southern state legislatures controlled by reconstructionists and was not the will of the people.

Georgia rejected ratification. It was argued that even if one believes that white women should have the right to vote, the price would be in to institutionalize forever the right of the Black woman and then the Black man to vote as embodied in the 15th Amendment. Some southerners had always claimed that the 15th Amendment was invalid as it was ratified by southern state legislatures controlled by reconstructionists and was not the will of the people.