...o the negroes, that universal suffrage would not be forced upon them, and he tried his best to have it done, in his State, but without success. During 1866 and 1867 he was grand master of Masons in South Carolina . At the close of his term as governor, and without his knowledge, he being away from the State, he was elected circuit judge, and filled the position with ability and fairness until December, 1872,...