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chasm between the lead region and the other groups reveals itself 

 in this vote. Practically all the opposition to tovraship organi- 

 zation comes from the principal lead region. This region sup- 

 plies the supporters of slavery and the old precinct systean of 

 county organization, vrhile the non lead producing section, with 

 its farming population favored the township system, and also 

 voted with the Republican party. 



On Isov. 4, 1862, the people of Illinois were called upon to 

 vote on the question of adopting a new constitution for the state. 

 Among several measures on which a separate vote was to be 

 taken was a proposition to exclude negroes and mulattoes from 

 Illinois.^ 



The vote on this measure, the results of which are given in 

 Table VI, clearly shows the location of the pro-slavery feeling. 

 Group I is quite largely in favor of excluding the negro, while 

 Groujo III, the agricultural region in the eastern part of the 

 county, has a much larger per cent, of voters against the pro- 

 posal. 



Table VI. — Vote on question of excluding negroes -from Illinois. 



i?OE 



Against 



Vote. 



Per cent, 

 of total. 



Group I 



Group II. ., 

 Group III 

 Total 



1,063 

 821 

 419 



75.0 

 68.0 

 55.5 



Vote. 



2,303 lAv.68.5 



346 



385 

 332 



Per cent. 

 of total. 



25.0 

 32.0 

 44.5 



1,063 



Av.31.5 



In Table VII we have the result of a vote on three proposi- 

 tions for allowing animals to run at large on the highways of 

 the county. The first vote was taken iSTov. 5, 1872,^ the second 

 April 6, 1875,3 and the third April 5, 1887.* The vote taken 



1 The statistics of this vote were found in box 113 of the vault in the office of the 

 County Clerk, Galena, Illinois. 

 'Ibid., box 113. 

 » Ibid., box 113. 

 <Ibid.,bo2 526. 



