Chapter XXIV: The Overthrow of Reconstruction

The Republican Party in 1874 771
Whites desert the Party 771
The Demand of the Negro for Social Rights 772
Disputes among Radical Editors 773
Demand of Negroes for Office 773
Factions within the Party 774
Negroes in 1874 775
Promises made to them 775
Negro Social and Political Clubs 776
Negro Democrats 777
The Democratic and Conservative Party in 1874 778
Attitude of the Whites toward the Blacks 779
The Color Line Drawn 780
"Independent" Candidates 781
The Campaign of 1874 782
Platforms and Candidates 782
"Political Bacon" 783
"Hays-Hawley Letter" 786
Intimidation by Federal Authorities 789
Intimidation by Democrats 791
The Election of 1874 793
The Eufaula Riot 794
Results of the Election 795
Later Phases of State Politics 798
Whites make Secure their Control 798
The "Lily Whites" and the "Black and Tans" 799
The Failure of the Populist Movement 799
The Primary Election System 800
The Negroes Disfranchised 800

SUCCESSES AND FAILURES OF RECONSTRUCTION 801

APPENDICES:

Cotton Production in Alabama, 1860-1900 804
Registration of Voters under the New Constitution 806

INDEX 809

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

PAGE

Alabama Money _Facing_ 178
Buckley, Rev. C. W. " 552
"Bully for Alabama" " 738
Callis, John B. " 552
Clanton, General James H. " 760
Clemens, Jere " 36
Confederate Capitol, Montgomery " 96
Confederate Monument, Montgomery " 96
Confederate Postage Stamps " 178
Crowe, Major James R. " 760
Curry, Dr. J. L. M. " 626
Davis, Jefferson " 54
Davis, Inauguration of " 96
Davis, Residence of, Montgomery " 96
Gaineswood, a Plantation Home " 8
Hays, Charles " 552
"Hon. Mr. Carraway" " 738
Houston, Governor George S. " 760
John Brown Extra " 18
Johnson, President Andrew " 336
Ku Klux Costumes 675
Ku Klux Hanging Pictures 612
Ku Klux Warning 678
Lewis, Governor D. P. _Facing_ 600
Lindsay, Governor R. B. " 760
Meade, General George G. " 476
Moore, Governor Andrew B. " 130
Negro Members of the Convention of 1875 " 600
"Nigger, Scalawag, Carpetbagger" " 738
Parsons, Governor L. E. " 600
Patton, Governor R. M. " 760
Pope, General John " 476
Prescript (Original) of Ku Klux Klan, Facsimile
of Page of " 670
Prescript (revised and amended) of Ku Klux Klan,
Facsimile of Page of 665
Private Money _Facing_ 178
Rapier, J. T. " 552
Ritual of the Knights of the White Camelia,
Facsimile of Page of " 670
Shorter, Governor John Gill " 130
Smith, Governor William H. " 600
Smith, William R. " 36
Spencer, Senator George E. " 552
Stephens, Alexander H. " 36
Stevens, Thaddeus " 336
Sumner, Charles " 336
Swayne, General Wager " 476
"The Speaker cried out, 'Order!'" " 738
Thomas, General George H. " 476
Union League Constitution, Facsimile of Page of " 566
Walker, General L. P. " 36
Warner, Senator Willard " 552
Watts, Governor Thomas H. " 130
Wilmer, Bishop R. H. " 130
Yancey, William Lowndes " 36

LIST OF MAPS

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1. Population in 1860 4
2. Nativity and Distribution of Public Men 6
3. Election for President, 1860 20
4. Parties in the Secession Convention 29
5. Disaffection toward the Confederacy, 1861-1865 110
6. Industrial Development, 1861-1865 150
7. Devastation by Invading Armies 256
8. Parties in the Convention of 1865 359
9. Registration of Voters under the Reconstruction Acts 494
10. Election for President, 1868 747
11. Election of 1870 750
12. Election of 1872 755
13. Election of 1874 795
14. Election of 1876 796
15. Election of 1880 798
16. Election of 1890 799
17. Election of 1902 under New Constitution 800

PART I