later that year the governor of ,ississippi, another commander beseech the president for federal assistance to try to fend off white supremacists in mississippi. the so-called mississippi plan. everyone knew what forcibly meant. plea from to the governor ames, noting the whole -- there had been so much line and misrepresentation in the popular press, the great majority of americans are ready to condemn on the part ofe the government. people didn't have the stomach to protect black rights anymore. collapse, wen's talk about the compromise of 1877. reconstruction starts crumbling for good in 1875. grant, a man who hated retreat, had to conduct the fighting withdrawal. african-americans were gunned down on july 8. grant rights back the scene is bloodthirsty, unprovoked and auld called for -- uncalled for, a repetition of the course that has been pursued and other southern states. forad been a way of life white supremacists. african-americans were its victims. grant went on. a government that cannot give protection to life, property and all guaranteed civil rights including an untroubled ballot