Chapter XIV: International Relations of the United States Between 1867 and 1877 (2)

Bell, John, desertion of the Union cause, 221

Benton, Thomas H., in convention of 1866, 100

Bernard, Mountague, on Joint High Commission, 307

Beust, Count, names Delfosse for Halifax commission, 321

Bingham, John A., on joint committee on reconstruction, 57;
on impeachment committee, 174;
impeachment manager, 175;
approves letter on Alta Vela claims, 177;
offers amendment as to Georgia, 242

Black, Jeremiah S., counsel for Johnson, 176;
his withdrawal, 177, 178;
counsel before electoral commission, 291

Blaine, James G., proposes amendment to reconstruction bill, 115, 116;
approves letter on Alta Vela claims, 177;
in convention of 1876, 281;
views on purchase of Alaska, 300

Blair, Francis P., nominated for vice-presidency, 211;
conduct in the campaign, 211, 212

Blair, Montgomery, in convention of 1866, 99;
counsel before electoral commission, 291

Blow, Henry T., on joint committee on reconstruction, 57

Borie, Adolph E., becomes secretary of the navy, 231;
resigns, 232

Botts, John Minor, in convention of 1866, 100

Boutwell, George S., on joint committee on reconstruction, 57;
on impeachment committee, 174;
impeachment manager, 175;
becomes secretary of the treasury, 232

Bradley, Joseph P., on electoral commission, 289

Brodhead, James O., letter from F. P. Blair, 211

Brown, B. Gratz, joins liberal republicans, 264;
nominated for vice-presidency, 265

Browning, Orville H., enters cabinet, 90;
in convention of 1866, 99

Brownlow, William G., elected governor of Tennessee, 25;
in convention of 1866, 100

Bullock, Rufus B., share in reconstruction of Georgia, 237-239, 241,
244

Burlingame, Anson, treaty with China, 322

Butler, Benjamin F., impeachment manager, 175;
signs letter on Alta Vela claim, 177;
attack on Johnson, 181;
proposes bill as to Georgia, 240;
withdraws his amendment, 242

Cabral, in Dominican politics, 323

Cameron, Simon, in convention of 1866, 100

Campbell, James, in convention of 1866, 99

Campbell, John A., counsel before electoral commission, 291

Canada, the fisheries question, 320-322

Canby, Edward R. S., supersedes Sickles, 143

Carpenter, Matthew H., counsel before electoral commission, 291

Carpenter, testimony as to Ku-Klux, 259

Cartter, David K., action in case against Thomas, 171, 172, 174

Cartwright, J. C., Oregon elector of 1876, 291

Chamberlain, Daniel H., as governor of South Carolina, 274;
retires from the office, 296

Chandler, Zachariah, in convention of 1866, 100;
manages campaign for Hayes, 283

Chase, Salmon P., presides at impeachment of Johnson, 176;
rulings, 181;
puts final question, 191;
candidate for presidential nomination, 210

Cherokee Nation vs. Georgia (5 Peters 1), 144

Chicago, Ill., democratic convention at, 207;
republican convention of 1868, 207

China, the Burlingame treaty, 322

Cincinnati, O., liberal republican convention at, 265;
republican convention of 1876, 280

Civil Rights, state legislation on, 45-52, 62;
bill on, in Congress, 68-70;
the bill criticised, 71;
bill passed over veto, 73

Clarendon, Earl of, treaty negotiated with Johnson, 303

Clements, White vs., 237

Cleveland, O., radical republican convention at, 20;
soldier convention at, 101

Clifford, Nathan, on electoral commission, 286

Cochrane, John, nominated for vice-presidency, 20;
withdraws, 21

Cockburn, Alexander, at Geneva arbitration, 311, 315, 317

Coke, Richard, elected governor of Texas, 249, 273

Colfax, Schuyler, elected Speaker, 42;
appoints committee on impeachment, 174;
nominated for vice-presidency, 207;
character of acceptance, 208

Columbia, S. C., made head-quarters of second military district, 135

Committee of the House on Elections, Georgia case referred to, 223

Committee of the House on Impeachment, appointed, 174;
proceedings, 175 _et seq._

Committee of the House on Reconstruction, reports bill, 112;
bill passed, 117;
Covode resolution referred to, 171;
reports impeachment resolution, 173;
reports bill as to Georgia, 240

Committee of the House on the Judiciary, action as to thirteenth
amendment, 28;
Blaine moves reference to, 116

Committee of the House on the Rebellious States, 15

Committee of the Senate on Elections, Georgia case referred to, 223

Committee of the Senate on Finance, bill reported from, 277

Committee of the Senate on Foreign Relations, Sumner loses chairmanship
of, 264;
opposes Dominican treaty, 324, 325

Committee of the Senate on the Judiciary, action as to thirteenth
amendment, 26-28;
proposes Freedmen's Bureau bill, 64;
reports a civil rights bill, 68;
action on bill repealing Tenure-of-Office Act, 233

Committee of the Senate on the Rebellious States, 15

Congress of the United States, power vested in, 3;
action on State perdurance, 5;
power over territories, 6;
relation of its acts to Reconstruction, 12;
legislation on Reconstruction, 15;
action as to electoral vote of 1864, 21, 22;
twenty-second joint rule, 24, 25;
attitude to Tennessee, 26;
meeting of December, 1865, 40;
Johnson's views of powers of, 41;
demand of southerners for seats, 56;
joint committee on reconstruction, 57, 58;
passes Freedmen's Bureau bill, 66;
passes civil rights bill, 70, 73;
the fourteenth amendment, 74-79;
proposal of committee on reconstruction, 80;
reports to, on reconstruction, 84-86;
passage of Freedmen's Bureau bill, 87-90;
relation to campaign of 1866, 98;
attacked by Johnson, 102;
effect of election of 1866, 104;
effect of Johnson's message on, 105;
passes bill for negro suffrage in District of Columbia, 107, 108;
bill vetoed, 107, 108;
bill passed over veto, 109;
vetoes sent to, 126;
encroachment on President's power, 128;
passes supplemental reconstruction bill, 129;
opening of fortieth Congress, 132;
passes bill interpreting Reconstruction Acts, 140;
passes bill over veto, 142;
as to powers of, 147;
attitude of southern whites to acts of, 149;
additional bill as to reconstructed States, 152, 153;
comment on the act, 154;
message to, of December, 1867, 158-160;
admission of Southern members, 198, 202;
action on proclamation of fourteenth amendment, 204;
friction with Johnson, 214;
annual message to, 214;
action on fifteenth amendment, 217;
question as to southern members, 223, 225;
admits members from Virginia, 228;
passes modification of Tenure-of-Office Act, 234;
readmission of Georgia, 235-244;
attitude to the South, 248;
bill to enforce the amendments, 253-255;
control of elections to, 256;
statute on the Ku-Klux, 257, 258;
legislation on finance, 276-279;
electoral count of 1877, 283, 284;
bill for electoral commission, 284, 285;
action as to Santo Domingo, 326.
_See_ House of Representatives; Senate; Statutes of the United States

Conkling, Roscoe, on joint committee on reconstruction, 57;
in convention of 1876, 281

Connecticut ratifies fourteenth amendment, 203, 204

Constitution of the United States, government provided by the, 2-4;
relation of State government to, 5, 6;
powers of Congress over elections, 22;
eligibility to vice-presidency, 23, 24;
adoption of the thirteenth amendment, 26-30, 55;
the fourteenth amendment, 73-80, 82, 83;
fourteenth amendment in the campaign of 1866, 98;
fourteenth amendment rejected in South, 106, 109;
fourteenth amendment with reference to revival of State functions,
110;
tests of, applied to reconstruction bill, 113;
in reconstruction bill, 120, 121;
interpreted by the Supreme Court, 144;
fourteenth amendment ratified in Arkansas, 197;
ratification of fourteenth amendment completed, 202-205;
action on fifteenth amendment, 217;
fifteenth amendment ratified by Georgia, 240;
provision for enforcement of amendments, 253-255

Covode, John, resolutions on Johnson, 171

Cowan, Edgar, action on the Stevens resolution, 57;
in convention of 1866, 99

Cox, Jacob D., in Pittsburg convention, 102;
becomes secretary of the interior, 231

Creswell, John A. J., in convention of 1866, 100;
becomes postmaster-general, 231

Cronin, E. A., Oregon elector in 1876, 290, 291

Curtin, A. G., in convention of 1866, 100

Curtis, Benjamin R., counsel for Johnson, 176;
argument, 182, 183

Cushing, Caleb, at Geneva arbitration, 311

Custer, George A., in Cleveland convention, 101

Davis, David, joins liberal republicans, 264;
candidate for presidential nomination, 265;
elected Senator, 287;
relation to electoral commission, 288

Davis, Henry Winter, bill on reconstruction, 15-18;
protest against Lincoln's proclamation, 19

Davis, J. C. Bancroft, at Geneva arbitration, 311

Delaware, in election of 1866, 104;
votes for Seymour, 212

Delfosse, Maurice, on Halifax commission, 321

Dennison, William, resignation, 90, 142

District of Columbia, bill for negro suffrage in, 107;
bill vetoed, 108;
bill passed over veto, 109;
bill on colored schools in, 216

Dix, John A., in convention of 1866, 99

Dixon, James, action on the Stevens resolution, 57;
vote on impeachment, 191

Doolittle, James R., action on the Stevens resolution, 57;
in convention of 1866, 99;
view of the Stanton case, 189;
vote on impeachment, 191

Drew, George F., becomes governor of Florida, 296

Durant, Thomas J., in convention of 1866, 100

Durell, E. H., in Louisiana politics, 270, 271

Edmunds, George F., on electoral commission, 286

Electoral Commission, creation, 284, 285;
membership, 286-289;
proceedings, 290-293

Emory, W. H., relations with Johnson, 175, 179, 181

English, James E., in convention of 1866, 99

Evarts, William M., counsel for Johnson, 176;
counsel before electoral commission, 291;
at Geneva arbitration, 311

Ewing, Thomas, in Cleveland convention, 101;
nominated as secretary of war, 173

Farragut, David D., accompanies Johnson to the West, 102

Favrot, Alexander, at Geneva arbitration, 311

Federal government, system of, 1, 2

Ferry, Thomas W., announces result of 1876 election, 294

Fessenden, William P., on joint committee on reconstruction, 57;
theory of reconstruction, 60;
opinion on impeachment, 184;
view of the Stanton case, 189;
vote on impeachment, 191

Field, Stephen J., on electoral commission, 286

Fish, Hamilton, becomes secretary of state, 232;
negotiations with Great Britain, 306, 307;
controversy with Granville, 312;
congratulates Delfosse, 321

Fisheries Question, the, 320-322

Flanders, Benjamin F., elected to House of Representatives, 14

Florida, in Lincoln's proclamation, 11;
electoral vote of 1864 rejected, 22;
reconstruction in, 37;
convention in, 38;
adopts thirteenth amendment, 39;
in the reconstruction bill, 112;
registration in, 147;
election in, 149;
ratifies constitution, 155, 197;
act on admission of members from, 198;
reconstruction declared complete, 202;
ratifies fourteenth amendment, 203, 204;
contest as to election returns of 1876, 283, 289;
change of administration, 296

_Florida_, the, case of, 315-317

Fowler, Joseph S., vote on impeachment, 191

Freedmen's Bureau, created, 44, 45;
Grant's opinion of its officers, 63;
bill of 1866, 64-67;
bill passed over veto, 87-90.
_See_ Statutes of the United States

Frelinghuysen, Frederick T., on electoral commission, 286

Frémont, John C., nominated for presidency, 20;
withdraws, 21

Galt, Alexander T., on Halifax commission, 321

Garfield, James A., approves letter on Alta Vela claims, 177;
on electoral commission, 286

Garland, Augustus H., elected governor of Arkansas, 273

Geneva Arbitration, 307, 308, 311-318

Georgia, in Lincoln's proclamation, 11;
electoral vote of 1864 rejected, 22;
reconstruction in, 37;
convention and election in, 38;
vote on thirteenth amendment, 55;
in the reconstruction bill, 112;
case of Georgia vs. Stanton, 146, 195;
registration in, 147;
election in, 148;
election in, 149;
ratifies constitution, 155, 197;
controversy in, 155;
act on admission of members from, 198, 199;
reconstruction declared complete, 202;
ratification of fourteenth amendment, 205;
votes for Seymour, 212;
question in Congress as to representation of, 224;
question of representation of, 235-237;
military government in, 238, 239;
fifteenth amendment ratified, 240;
admission delayed, 241, 242;
finally restored to federal relations, 243, 244;
escape from negro rule, 247, 248;
election of 1872 in, 267

Gerry, Elbridge, in convention of 1866, 100

Gillem, A. C., arrest of McCardle, 196

Granger, Gordon, in Cleveland convention, 101

Grant, Ulysses S., report on conditions at the South, 63;
accompanies Johnson to the West, 102;
acting Secretary of War, 143, 158;
injunction against sought, 146;
appointed acting secretary of war, 163;
his action thereon, 164, 165;
relations with Johnson, 166-168;
nominated for presidency, 207;
character of acceptance, 208;
attitude to reconstruction, 223;
proclamation as to Virginia, 227;
orders as to Mississippi and Texas, 229, 230;
policy characterized, 230, 231;
attitude to Tenure-of-Office Act, 231-234;
first annual message, 234;
suggestion as to Georgia, 235;
message of March, 1871, 257;
proclamation of March, 1871, 258;
proclamation of May, 1871, 259, 260;
proclamations of April and November, 1871, 260, 261;
relations with Sumner, 264;
nominated for second term, 267;
elected, 267;
veto of inflation bill, 279;
messages on relations with Great Britain, 303-306;
policy as to Santo Domingo, 323-326

Granville, Lord, controversy with Fish, 312

Great Britain, change in ministry, 303;
Grant's messages on relations with, 304-306;
the Geneva arbitration, 307-318;
the British Columbia boundary, 319;
the fisheries question, 320-322

Greeley, Horace, in convention of 1866, 100;
joins liberal republicans, 264;
nominated for presidency, 265, 266;
defeated, 267

Green, Ashbel, counsel before electoral commission, 291

Grey and Ripon, Earl de, on Joint High Commission, 307

Grider, Henry, on joint committee on reconstruction, 57

Grimes, James W., on joint committee on reconstruction, 57;
view of the Stanton case, 189;
vote on impeachment, 191

Groesbeck, William S., counsel for Johnson, 177

Habeas Corpus, writ of, privileges suspended in District of Columbia,
39

Hahn, Michael, elected to House of Representatives, 14;
elected Governor of Louisiana, 14

Halifax, N. S., fisheries commission at, 320, 321

Hamlin, Hannibal, count of electoral votes, 24

Hampton, Wade, in convention of 1868, 211;
becomes governor of South Carolina, 296

Hancock, Winfield Scott, supersedes Sheridan, 143;
in convention of 1868, 210

Harlan, James, resignation, 90, 142

Harris, Ira, on joint committee on reconstruction, 57

Hawley, Joseph R., in republican convention of 1866, 207

Hayes, Rutherford B., significance of his election, 279;
nominated for presidency, 281, 282;
the campaign, 283 _et seq._;
election formally declared, 294;
policy toward the South, 295, 296

Henderson, John B., introduces amendment abolishing slavery, 26, 27;
vote on impeachment, 191

Hendricks, Thomas A., candidate for presidential nomination, 210;
nominated for vice-presidency, 282

Herron, Francis J., in Louisiana politics, 269, 270

Higby, William, views on purchase of Alaska, 300

Hill, Benjamin H., enters Senate from Georgia, 244

Hoadly, George, joins liberal republicans, 264;
counsel before electoral commission, 291

Hoar, Ebenezer R., becomes attorney-general, 231;
on Joint High Commission, 307

Hoar, George F., on electoral commission, 286

Hood, John B., near Nashville, 23

House of Representatives of the United States, admits members from
Louisiana, 14;
refuses seats to members from Arkansas, 15;
action on thirteenth amendment, 28-30;
elects Colfax Speaker, 42;
the Stevens resolution, 42-44;
speech by Stevens, 58;
passes Freedmen's Bureau bill, 66;
passes civil rights bill, 73;
representation in, 74;
election of 1866, 98;
effect of election of 1866, 104;
attempt to impeach Johnson, 109;
bill on reconstruction before the, 112-118;
resolution on confiscation act, 122;
tenure-of-office bill in, 125;
bill on reconstructed States, 153;
action on dismissal of Stanton, 171;
proceedings of impeachment against Johnson, 173 _et seq._;
passes bill repealing Tenure-of-Office Act, 232, 233;
democrats secure control of, 253, 273;
jurisdiction over treaties, 301, 302.
_See_ Congress of the United States; Statutes of the United States

Houston, George S., elected governor of Alabama, 273

Howard, Jacob M., on joint committee on reconstruction, 57;
illness delays vote on impeachment, 190

Howe, Samuel G., commissioner to Santo Domingo, 326

Hunt, Ward, 289

Hunton, Eppa, on electoral commission, 286

Illinois, ratifies fourteenth amendment, 203, 204;
Davis elected Senator from, 287

Indiana, election of 1886 in, 103;
ratifies fourteenth amendment, 203, 204;
election of 1872 in, 267

Iowa, election of 1866 in, 103;
ratifies fourteenth amendment, 203, 204

d'Itajubá, Baron, at Geneva arbitration, 311, 316

Jenkins, Charles J., institutes suit against Stanton, 145;
removed by Meade, 155

Johnson, Andrew, elected vice-president, 21;
calls Tennessee convention, 23;
proclamation of Feb. 25, 1865, 25;
becomes president, 30;
plan and acts as to reconstruction, 31-41;
proclamation of May 29, 1865, 33, 34;
identity of his plan with Lincoln's, 36;
proclaims federal law in force in Virginia, 37;
proclamations as to civil government, 39;
message of Dec., 1865, 40;
relation to congressional views of reconstruction, 61;
sends Grant and Schurz through the South, 63;
veto of Freedmen's Bureau bill, 66, 67;
speech of Feb. 22, 1866, 67;
veto of civil rights bill, 70, 71;
effect of it, 72;
veto overridden, 73;
as to fourteenth amendment, 80;
message as to Tennessee, 83;
veto of Freedmen's Bureau bill overridden, 88-90;
relations with Stanton, 90, 91;
changes in cabinet, 90;
relation to New Orleans riot, 95, 96;
endorsed by convention of 1866, 99;
criticized by conventions of 1866, 101, 102;
takes part in campaign of 1866, 102;
proclamation declaring war ended, 103;
message of Dec., 1866, 104, 105;
vetoes bill as to negro suffrage in District of Columbia, 107, 108;
bill passed over his veto, 109;
first attempt at impeachment, 109;
vetoes resolution on confiscation act, 122;
influence of Seward on, 124;
vetoes reconstruction bill and tenure-of-office bill, 126;
encroachment on his power, 128;
veto of supplemental reconstruction bill, 132, 133;
orders under the statutes, 135, 136, 138;
vetoes bill interpreting reconstruction acts, 140, 141;
distrust of Stanton, 140;
veto overridden, 142;
suspends Stanton, 142, 143;
Mississippi vs. Johnson, 145, 195;
supersedes Pope with Meade, 152;
the attempt to impeach, 157-194;
message on suspension of Stanton, 160-163;
relations with Grant, 164-168;
supersedes Stanton with Thomas, 169, 170;
Covode resolution, 171;
action of House on impeachment, 173 _et seq._;
vetoes overridden, 197, 199, 202;
proclaims reconstruction completed, 202;
conduct in campaign of 1868, 213;
last annual message, 214;
proclamation of Dec., 1868, 215;
veto of colored school bill, 216;
retirement, 218, 219;
relations with republicans, 219-221;
policy compared with Grant's, 230

Johnson, James, appointed governor of Georgia, 37

Johnson, Reverdy, on joint committee on reconstruction, 57;
report on reconstruction, 86;
in convention of 1866, 99;
offers bill on reconstruction, 117;
negotiates treaty with Clarendon, 303

Joint Committee on Reconstruction, 57, 58;
recommendation on representation, 74;
proposes bill, 80;
its bill rejected, 82;
final report of, 84-86

Joint High Commission, 307

Julian, George W., on impeachment committee, 174;
joins liberal republicans, 264

Kansas ratifies fourteenth amendment, 203, 204

Kellogg, Ensign H., on Halifax commission, 320, 321

Kellogg, William P., in Louisiana politics, 270-272;
certificate in 1876 election, 290

Kendall vs. United States (12 Peters 524), 144

Kentucky, reconstruction in, 7, 13;
in Lincoln's message, 20;
in election of 1866, 104;
votes for Seymour, 212;
election of 1872 in, 267

Kenzie, Lewis M., in convention of 1866, 100

Kernan, Francis, in convention of 1868, 209

Koontz, William H., approves letter on Alta Vela claims, 177

Ku-Klux, the, 250-252, 255;
act of April, 1871, 257, 258;
trials, 261

Lawrence, William B., in convention of 1866, 99

Lewis, D. P., elected governor of Alabama, 268

Liberal Republicans, convention of 1872, 264, 265;
in campaign of 1872, 266

Lincoln, Abraham, views and acts as to reconstruction, 8-30;
his proposed oath of allegiance, 10;
attitude to the Pierpont government, 13;
course toward Louisiana, 14, 15;
proclamation of July 8, 1864, 18, 19;
message of Dec. 6, 1864, 19, 20;
renominated, 20;
re-elected, 21;
message of Feb. 8, 1865, 22;
views of powers of Congress, 24;
attitude to Brownlow's administration, 26;
nature of acts as to abolition, 26;
signs resolution on thirteenth amendment, 29;
assassinated, 30;
his cabinet retained by Johnson, 32;
identity of plan of reconstruction with Johnson's, 36

Lindsay, Robert B., course as governor of Alabama, 268

Logan, John A., on impeachment committee, 174;
impeachment manager, 175;
approves letter on Alta Vela claim, 177

Louisiana, in Lincoln's proclamation, 11;
Lincoln's acts toward, 12;
presidential reconstruction in, 14, 15;
in Lincoln's message, 19;
electoral vote of 1864 rejected, 21, 22;
attitude of Johnson to, 38;
vote on thirteenth amendment, 55;
contest for control of state government, 92-98;
in the reconstruction bill, 112;
registration in, 147;
election in, 149;
disfranchisements in, 150;
ratifies constitution, 155, 197;
act on admission of members from, 198;
reconstruction declared complete, 202;
ratifies fourteenth amendment, 203, 204;
votes for Seymour, 212;
corruption in, 263;
contest for political control in, 269-272;
contested electoral vote of 1876, 283, 289, 290;
change of administration, 296

Louisville, Ky., democratic convention at, 267

Loyal League, the, 250, 252

Luther vs. Borden, (7 Howard 1), 144

Lynch, John, in Louisiana politics, 269-272

Macdonald, John, on Joint High Commission, 307

McCardle, William H., case of, 195, 196

McClellan, George B., nominated for presidency, 20;
electoral votes, 21

McClernand, John A., in Cleveland convention, 101

McCrary, George W., suggests electoral commission, 284

McEnery, John, in Louisiana politics, 270-272;
certificate in 1876 election, 290

Maine, election of 1866 in, 103;
ratifies fourteenth amendment, 203, 204;
election of 1872 in, 267

Marvin, William, appointed governor of Florida, 37

Maryland, in Lincoln's message, 20;
in election of 1866, 104;
votes for Seymour, 212;
election of 1872 in, 267

Massachusetts ratifies fourteenth amendment, 203, 204

Matthews, Stanley, in convention of 1866, 100;
joins liberal republicans, 264;
counsel before electoral commission, 291

Meade, George G., supersedes Pope, 152;
report on Alabama election, 153;
removes Jenkins, 155;
proclamation of June, 1868, 238, 239

Merrick, Richard T., counsel before electoral commission, 291

Michigan ratifies fourteenth amendment, 203, 204

Miller, J. N. Y., Oregon elector of 1876, 291

Miller, Samuel F., on electoral commission, 286

Miller enters Senate from Georgia, 244

Minnesota ratifies fourteenth amendment, 203, 204

Mississippi, in Lincoln's proclamation, 11;
electoral vote of 1864 rejected, 22;
reconstruction in, 37;
convention in, 38;
rejects thirteenth amendment, 39;
law on vagrancy, etc., 46-52, 62;
opinion of this legislation, 53;
in the reconstruction bill, 112;
Mississippi vs. Johnson, 145;
registration in, 147;
election in, 149;
disfranchisements in, 151;
constitution rejected in, 156;
arrest of McCardle in, 196;
martial law in, 202;
no share in election of 1868, 212;
ratification of constitution, 229;
restored to federal relations, 229;
negro rule in, 249;
political conditions in 1875, 274, 275

Mississippi vs. Johnson (4 Wallace 475), 145, 193, 195

Missouri, Reconstruction in, 7, 13;
in Lincoln's message, 20;
ratifies fourteenth amendment, 203, 204;
liberal republicans in, 265;
election of 1872 in, 267

Monroe, John T., as mayor of New Orleans, 94

Montgomery, Ala., made head-quarters of third military district, 135

Moorhead, James K., approves letter on Alta Vela claims, 177

Morgan, Edwin D., vote on Freedmen's Bureau bill, 67

Morrill, Justin S., on joint committee on reconstruction, 57

Morse, Alexander P., counsel before electoral commission, 291

Morton, Oliver P., in convention of 1866, 100;
in convention of 1876, 281;
on electoral commission, 286;
resolution on Santo Domingo, 325

Moses, F. J., connection with South Carolina corruption, 262

Moses, F. J., Jr., judge-elect of South Carolina, 274

Nashville, Tenn., convention at, 236

National Nominating Conventions, radical republican of 1864, 20;
democratic of 1864, 20;
republican of 1864, 20;
of 1866, 99-102;
republican of 1868, 207;
democratic of 1868, 208;
liberal republican of 1872, 264, 265;
democratic of 1872, 266;
republican of 1868, 267;
republican of 1876, 280, 281;
democratic of 1876, 282

Nebraska ratifies fourteenth amendment, 203, 204

Nelson, Samuel, on Joint High Commission, 307

Nelson, Thomas A. R., counsel for Johnson, 176

Nevada ratifies fourteenth amendment, 203, 204

New Hampshire ratifies fourteenth amendment, 203, 204

New Jersey, ratifies fourteenth amendment, 203, 204;
withdrawal of ratification, 203, 205, 206;
votes for Seymour, 212

New Orleans, La., convention at, 14;
riot at, 92-98;
head-quarters of fifth military district, 135

New York, ratifies fourteenth amendment, 203, 204;
votes for Seymour, 212

New York, N. Y., democratic convention of 1868 at, 208

New York _Tribune_ prints protest of Wade and Davis, 19

Niblack, William E., motion in House, 43

Nicholls, Francis T., becomes governor of Louisiana, 296

North Carolina, in Lincoln's proclamation, 11;
electoral vote of 1864 rejected, 22;
reconstruction in, 35;
convention in, 38;
vote on thirteenth amendment, 55;
in the reconstruction bill, 112;
registration in, 147;
election in, 149;
ratifies constitution, 155, 197;
act on admission of members from, 198;
reconstruction declared complete, 202;
ratifies fourteenth amendment, 203, 204;
recovery from negro rule, 249

Northcote, Stafford, on Joint High Commission, 307

Northwest Ordinance, 27

Norton, Daniel S., action on the Stevens resolution, 57;
vote on impeachment, 191

O'Conor, Charles, nominated for presidency, 267;
counsel before electoral commission, 291

Odell, W. H., Oregon elector of 1876, 291

Ohio, election of 1866 in, 103;
vote on negro suffrage in, 148;
ratifies fourteenth amendment, 203, 204;
withdrawal of ratification, 203, 205, 206;
election of 1872 in, 267

Ord, Edward O. C., in fourth military district, 135

Oregon, ratifies fourteenth amendment, 203, 204;
votes for Seymour, 212;
contested electoral returns of 1876, 289-291

Packard, S. B., takes possession of Louisiana capitol, 271;
retires from office of governor, 296

Palmer, Roundell, at Geneva arbitration, 311

Parker, John, Oregon elector of 1876, 291

Parsons, Lewis E., appointed governor of Alabama, 37

Paschal, George W., in convention of 1886, 100

Patterson, David T., vote on impeachment, 191

Payne, Henry B., on electoral commission, 286

Pendleton, George H., nominated for vice-presidency, 21;
candidate for presidential nomination, 208

Pennsylvania, election of 1866 in, 103;
ratifies fourteenth amendment, 203, 204;
election of 1872 in, 267

Perry, Benjamin F., appointed governor of South Carolina, 37

Philadelphia, Penn., conventions of 1866 at, 99, 100;
republican convention of 1872 at, 267

Phillips, Wendell, characterized by Johnson, 67

Pierpont, Francis H., attitude of Lincoln to, 13;
supported by Johnson, 37, 224

Pinchback, P. B. S., in Louisiana politics, 269, 272

Pittsburg, Penn., soldier convention at, 101

Poland, Luke P., connection with Thomas case, 174

Pope, John, in third military district, 136;
injunction sought against, 146;
election orders, 151;
recalled, 152

Preston, William, in convention of 1868, 210

Pulaski, Tenn., place of origin of Ku-Klux, 250

Randall, Alexander W., appointed postmaster-general, 90;
accompanies Johnson to the West, 102

Rawlins, John A., becomes secretary of war, 232

Raymond, Henry J., views on reconstruction, 59;
vote on fourteenth amendment, 87;
in convention of 1866, 99

Reconstruction, theory of, 1-7;
Lincoln's views and acts as to, 8-30;
Seward's view of, 12;
in Louisiana, 14;
the Wade-Davis bill, 15-18;
relation of party conventions to, 20;
in Tennessee, 23, 25;
Johnson's plan as to, 31-41;
in North Carolina, 35;
in the several States, 37, 38;
views of House on, 43;
attitude of republicans, 44;
joint committee on, 57;
views of Stevens, 58;
views of Raymond and Shellabarger, 59;
theory of Sumner, 60;
reports of congressional committee, 84-86;
as an issue in the campaign of 1866, 98;
Johnson's defence of his policy as to, 102;
bill in the House, 112-114;
the Blaine amendment, 115, 116;
the Sherman bill, 117;
the bill as finally passed, 118-122;
vetoed by Johnson, 126;
republican motives in, 127;
supplemental bill on, 129-131;
vetoed, 132;
acts on, criticised, 133, 134;
application of acts on, 135-137;
congressional interpretation of acts on, 138;
bill interpreting the statutes on, 140;
application of statutes on, 146 _et seq._;
process of, declared completed, 202;
attitude of Grant toward, 223;
end of legislation on, 244;
reconstruction characterized, 297.
_See_ Statutes

Republican party, schism threatened in, 20;
attitude to reconstruction, 44;
attitude to southern legislation, 52, 54;
feeling toward southern congressmen, 56;
attitude to views of Stevens, Raymond and Shellabarger, 59;
attitude to presidential reconstruction, 60, 61;
position on civil rights, 62;
attitude to Freedmen's Bureau bill, 89;
attitude to Stanton, 90, 91;
in campaign of 1866, 99, 101;
convention of 1866, 104;
in election of 1866, 104;
views on reconstruction, 110, 111;
motives in Reconstruction, 127;
interpretation of Johnson's message, 160;
action in vote on impeachment, 191;
effect of McCardle case on, 197;
convention of 1868, 207;
criticism of views of, 217;
relations with Johnson, 219-221;
control of Grant, 257;
revolt in the party, 264, 265;
convention of 1872, 267;
get control of Alabama legislature, 268, 269;
lose control in Congress, 273;
financial policy, 276;
convention of 1876, 280, 281;
campaign of 1876, 283 _et seq._;
views as to powers of Congress, 292

_Retribution_, the, case of, 316

Rhode Island ratifies fourteenth amendment, 203, 204

Richmond, Va., made head-quarters of first military district, 135;
convention at, 226, 227

Robeson, George M., becomes secretary of the navy, 232

Rogers, Andrew J., on joint committee on reconstruction, 57

Rose, John, mission of, 306

Ross, Edmund G., vote on impeachment, 191

Rousseau, Lovell H., in Cleveland convention, 101

Russia, purchase of Alaska from, 300-302

Safford, M. J., in convention of 1866, 100

St. Louis, Mo., Johnson's speech at, 102

Samana Bay, 324, 327

Santo Domingo, Sumner's position as to, 264;
attempt to annex to United States, 323-327

Schaffner law, the, 249

Schell, Augustus, in convention of 1868, 209

Schenck, Robert C., in convention of 1866, 100;
on Joint High Commission, 307;
at London, 312

Schofield, John M., assigned to first military district, 135, 226;
nominated as secretary of war, 190;
confirmed, 192;
retained by Grant, 231;
resigns, 232

Schriver, General, in Stanton-Thomas incident, 169, 170, 172, 173

Schurz, Carl, report on conditions at the South, 63;
in convention of 1866, 100;
joins liberal republicans, 264

Sclopis, Frederic, at Geneva arbitration, 311, 316, 317

Scott, R. K., views of Ku-Klux, etc., 259

Senate of the United States, refuses seats to members from Arkansas,
15;
adopts thirteenth amendment, 26-28;
the Stevens resolution, 43, 44, 57;
passes Freedmen's Bureau bill, 66;
passes civil rights bill, 70, 73;
effect of election of 1866, 104;
passes reconstruction bill, 118;
tenure-of-office bill in, 122, 125;
passes resolution on confiscation act, 122;
bill on reconstructed States, 153;
action on suspension of Stanton, 162, 163;
action on dismissal of Stanton, 170;
acts as court of impeachment, 176 _et seq._;
vote on impeachment, 190, 191;
confirms Schofield, 192;
resolution on the amnesty proclamation, 215, 216;
confirms Grant's nominees, 232;
admits members from Georgia, 244;
currency bill in, 277;
ratifies treaty with Russia, 300;
rejects Johnson-Clarendon treaty, 303;
rejects Dominican treaty, 324, 325.
_See_ Congress of the United States; Statutes of the United States

Seward, William H., views on reconstruction, 12;
sends thirteenth amendment to states, 29;
retained by Johnson, 32;
calculation as to thirteenth amendment, 52, 55, 56;
announces adoption of thirteenth amendment, 55;
action on fourteenth amendment, 80;
accompanies Johnson to the west, 102;
influence on Johnson, 124;
proclaims ratification of fourteenth amendment, 202;
procedure as to the proclamation, 203-205;
negotiates purchase of Alaska, 300-301;
negotiates treaty with China, 322;
instructions to Babcock, 323

Seymour, Horatio, nominated for presidency, 210;
defeated, 212

Shaffer, J. W., secures letter on Alta Vela claims, 177

Sharkey, William L., appointed governor of Mississippi, 37;
institutes suit against Johnson, 145

Shellabarger, Samuel, theory of reconstruction, 59-61;
counsel before electoral commission, 291;
opinion of purchase of Alaska, 300

_Shenandoah_, the, case of, 316, 317

Shepley, George F., military governor of Louisiana, 14

Sheridan, Philip H., New Orleans riot, 94, 97;
in fifth military district, 135;
superseded by Hancock, 143

Sherman, John, offers bill on reconstruction, 117;
father-in-law of Ewing, 173;
reports currency bill, 277

Sickles, Daniel E., in second military district, 135;
superseded by Canby, 143

Sinclair, John G., in convention of 1866, 99

Skinner, J. B. L., postmaster-general _ad interim_, 186, 188

Slavery, adoption of the thirteenth amendment, 26-30

South Carolina, in Lincoln's proclamation, 11;
electoral vote of 1864 rejected, 22;
reconstruction in, 37;
convention and election in, 38;
law on vagrancy, 46;
vote on thirteenth amendment, 55;
in the reconstruction bill, 112;
registration in, 147;
election in, 149;
character of convention in, 150;
ratifies constitution, 155, 197;
act on admission of members from, 198;
reconstruction declared complete, 202;
ratifies fourteenth amendment, 203, 204;
request of governor for troops, 258;
proclamations of president as to, 260, 261;
corruption in, 262;
conditions in 1874, 274;
contested electoral returns of 1876, 283, 289;
change of administration, 296

Spaulding, J. R., joins liberal republicans, 264

Speed, James, resignation, 90, 142;
in convention of 1866, 100, 101

Staempfli, Jacob, at Geneva arbitration, 311, 315, 316

Stanbery, Henry, appointed attorney-general, 90;
in case of Mississippi vs. Johnson, 145;
in case of Georgia vs. Stanton, 146;
arrest of Thomas, 172;
counsel for Johnson, 176

Stanley, Lord, secretary for foreign affairs, 303

Stanton, Edwin M., attitude to Johnson, 90, 91;
as to the New Orleans riot, 95, 96;
dissents from instructions on reconstruction, 136;
distrusted by Johnson, 140;
suspended, 142, 143, 158;
case of Georgia vs. Stanton, 146, 195;
message on suspension of, 160-162;
action of Senate as to, 162, 163;
superseded by Thomas, 169-172;
removal discussed before Senate, 178, 179;
power to remove, 185;
his violations of law, 189;
abdication, 192

Statutes of the United States, of Aug. 7, 1789, 184;
of May 8, 1792, 186, 187;
of Feb. 13, 1795, 179, 186, 187;
of July 31, 1861, 175;
of Feb. 20, 1863, 187, 188;
of Mar. 3, 1865, 44, 64, 65, 89;
of April 9, 1866, 68-73;
of July 16, 1866, 87-90;
of Feb. 5, 1873, 197;
of Mar. 2, 1867 (on reconstruction), 112-121, 126, 136, 159, 160,
175, 179, 193, 197, 215, 235, 239, 243, 245, 247, 250-253;
of Mar. 2, 1867 (on tenure-of-office), 122-126, 160-163, 165, 166,
174, 178, 181, 184, 185, 188, 189, 214, 231-234;
of Mar. 11, 1867, 155;
of Mar. 23, 1867, 129-133, 136, 159, 160, 193, 197, 235, 245, 247,
250-253;
of June 22, 1868, 198;
of June 25, 1868, 202, 241, 249;
of June 28, 1868, 198;
of July 26, 1868, 302;
of Mar. 18, 1869, 276, 277;
of April 10, 1869, 229;
of Dec. 22, 1869, 239;
of May 31, 1870, 255, 256;
of July 14, 1870, 276, 278;
of July 15, 1870, 244;
of Jan. 20, 1871, 276;
of Feb. 28, 1871, 256;
of April 20, 1871, 257, 260, 261;
of May 22, 1872, 268;
of Jan. 14, 1875, 279, 283

Stearns, M. L., retires as governor of Florida, 296

Stephens, Alexander H., seeks seat in Congress, 56

Stevens, Thaddeus, proposes substitute thirteenth amendment, 28;
resolution on representation, 42-44, 57;
view of Mississippi legislation, 53;
on committee on reconstruction, 57;
views of reconstruction, 58;
characterized by Johnson, 67;
view as to effect of secession, 81;
introduces bill on reconstruction, 112;
refuses to accept the Blaine amendment, 115, 116;
on impeachment committee, 174;
impeachment manager, 175;
approves letter on Alta Vela claims, 177;
views on purchase of Alaska, 300

Stewart, Alexander T., nominated for secretary of treasury, 231;
declines, 232

Stockton, John P., in convention of 1866, 99

Stoeckl, Baron, negotiates treaty for sale of Alaska, 300

Stone, John M., elected governor of Mississippi, 276

Stoughton, E. W., counsel before electoral commission, 291

Strong, William, on electoral commission, 286

Sumner, Charles, theory of reconstruction, 60, 61;
characterized by Johnson, 67;
joins liberal republicans, 264;
relations with Grant, 264, 325

Supreme Court of the United States, relation of dicta to
reconstruction, 12;
decisions, 144-146, 179, 195, 196

Swayne, Noah H., 289

Tennessee, in Lincoln's proclamation, 11;
in Lincoln's message, 20;
electoral vote of 1864 rejected, 21, 22;
Reconstruction in, 23, 25;
civil government established in, 25;
ratifies thirteenth amendment, 30;
attitude of Johnson to, 38;
vote on thirteenth amendment, 55;
ratifies fourteenth amendment, 82, 83;
ratifies fourteenth amendment, 203, 204;
election of 1872 in, 267

Tenterden, Lord, at Geneva arbitration, 311

Tenure-of-Office Bill, the, introduced, 122, 123;
contents, 124, 125;
vetoed, 125;
case of Stanton, 162 _et seq._
_See_ Statutes

Terry, Alfred H., modifies Virginia vagrant act, 225, 226;
resumes military control in Georgia, 239

Texas, in Lincoln's proclamation, 11;
electoral vote of 1864 rejected, 22;
war declared ended in, 103;
in the reconstruction bill, 112;
registration in, 147;
election in, 149;
martial law in, 202;
no share in election of 1868, 212;
restored to federal relations, 229, 230;
escape from negro rule, 247-249;
election of 1872 in, 267;
change in character of government, 273

Thomas, George H., in third military district, 135;
transferred, 136

Thomas, Lorenzo, appointed to supersede Stanton, 169-173;
his position discussed before Senate, 179, 181;
law as to appointment of, 186

Thornton, Edward, negotiations at Washington, 306, 307

Thurman, Allen G., on electoral commission, 286

Tilden, Samuel J., in convention of 1866, 99;
in convention of 1868, 209;
nominated for presidency, 282;
the campaign, 283 _et seq._

Townsend, E. D., orders from Stanton, 170;
in temporary charge of war department, 192

Trumbull, Lyman, reports thirteenth amendment, 26;
in convention of 1866, 100;
opinion on impeachment, 184;
view of the Stanton case, 189;
vote on impeachment, 191;
proposal as to Tenure-of-Office Act, 233;
joins liberal republicans, 264;
candidate for presidential nomination, 265;
counsel before electoral commission, 291

Twenty-second joint rule of Congress, 24, 25

Union Leagues, formation of, 250, 252

Vallandigham, Clement L., in convention of 1866, 99

Van Winkle, Peter G., view of the Stanton case, 189;
vote on impeachment, 191

Vermont, election of 1866 in, 103;
ratifies fourteenth amendment, 203, 204;
election of 1872 in, 267

Vicksburg, Miss., made head-quarters of fourth military district, 135

Virginia, reconstruction in, 7;
omission from Lincoln's proclamation, 13;
electoral vote of 1864 rejected, 22;
reconstruction in, 37;
vote on thirteenth amendment, 55;
in the reconstruction bill, 112, 122;
registration in, 147;
election in, 149;
disfranchisements in, 151;
martial law in, 202;
no share in election of 1868, 212;
question in Congress as to representation, 224;
partition of, 224;
the vagrant act, 225, 226;
a military district, 226, 227;
restored to federal relations, 228;
escape from negro rule, 247, 248

Wade, Benjamin F., bill on reconstruction, 15-18;
protest against Lincoln's proclamation, 19;
opinion of Johnson, 32;
commissioner to Santo Domingo, 326

Waite, Morrison R., 289;
at Geneva arbitration, 311

Walker, Robert J., in case of Mississippi vs. Johnson, 145

War Department, Freedmen's Bureau organized in, 44

Ward, Hamilton, on impeachment committee, 174

Warmoth, Henry C., connection with Louisiana corruption, 263;
contest for control in Louisiana, 269-272

Washburne, Elihu B., on joint committee on reconstruction, 57;
becomes secretary of state, 231;
resigns, 232

Washington, treaty of, 299, 307-310, 319

Watts, John W., Oregon elector in 1876, 290, 291

Welles, Gideon, accompanies Johnson to the west, 102

Wells, David A., joins liberal republicans, 264

Wells, J. Madison, in contest for control of Louisiana, 93

Welsh pays Halifax award, 322

West Virginia ratifies fourteenth amendment, 203, 204

Wharton, John, in Louisiana politics, 269, 270

Wheeler, William A., nominated for vice-presidency, 282;
election formally declared, 294

Wheeling, W. Va., government at, 224

Whipper, W. J., judge-elect of South Carolina, 274

Whiskey ring, 272

White, Andrew D., commissioner to Santo Domingo, 326

White, Horace, joins liberal republicans, 264

White vs. Clements, 237

Whitney, William C., counsel before electoral commission, 291

William I., Emperor, award as to northwest boundary, 319

Williams, George H., offers bill on reconstruction, 117;
introduces tenure-of-office bill, 122;
impeachment manager, 175;
motions, 191;
on Joint High Commission, 307

Wilson, Henry, theory of reconstruction, 60;
on impeachment committee, 174;
impeachment manager, 175;
elected vice-president, 267

Windom, William, introduces thirteenth amendment in House, 28

Winthrop, Robert C., in convention of 1866, 99

Wisconsin ratifies fourteenth amendment, 203, 204

Wood, Fernando, in convention of 1866, 99

Wool, John E., in Cleveland convention, 101

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