Chapter LXXXIII: Reconstruction

Condition of the Republican and Democratic Parties in Congress
in December, 1866.—The District of Columbia Elective
Franchise Bill passed: Its Provisions.—Mr. Johnson vetoes it,
but it is passed over the Veto.—Territorial Franchise Bill
passed.—Admission of Nebraska as a State, with the Elective
Franchise Proviso.—Difficulties in Maturing satisfactorily
the Reconstruction Act.—The Provisions of the House Bill.—It
is materially changed in the Senate.—Further Modification in
the House Provisions of the Bill as finally passed.—Necessity
for the Tenure of Office Act: Its Provisions.—Effect of the
Passage of the District of Columbia Franchise Bill on
Tennessee.—Decision of the Supreme Court of Tennessee.—The
First Supplementary Reconstruction Act of the Fortieth
Congress.—It is vetoed, and re-passed: Its
Provisions.—Arrangement for the Call of a Summer Session.—Mr.
Stanbery’s Exposition of the Reconstruction Acts.—The Summer
Session of 1867.—The Second Supplementary Reconstruction Act:
Its Provisions.—Appropriations for Carrying out the
Reconstruction Acts.—The President’s Communication.—The
Resolution of the House in Reply.—Sharp Talk.—The Completion
of Congressional Legislation on the Subject in
1867.—Condition of the Desolated States in 1867. 605