XIII-Interesting Figures chiefly from the Census of 1860, bearing on Representation.
Representative Population.
California.
Connecticut.....
* Nevada admitted since, with one Representative-making whole number, at present, 242. West Virginia created since, with three Representatives-leaving Virginia 8, instead of 11 allowed in 1860. +Including Asia'ics. + Estimated.
Votes in the U. S. House of Representatives on the Various Tariffs.
Tariff of Tariff of Tariff of Tariff of Tariff of Tariff of Tariff of Tariff of Tariff of Bill of
Grand Total.......... 88 54 107 102 105 94 132 65 104 103 114 95 122 72 105 64 81 28 94 53
Statement of the Public Debt of the United States on the 1st of June, 1866.
*July 12-In SENATE, postponed till December next-yeas 23, nays 17, as follow: YEAS-Messrs. Brown, Davis, Doolittle, Foster, Grimes, Guthrie, Harris, Henderson, Hendricks, Johnson, Kirkwood, Lane, Morgan, Nesmith, Norton, Pomeroy, Riddle, Sauls bury, Sumner, Trumbull, Willey, Williams, Wilson-23. NAYS-Messrs. Anthony, Chandler, Clark, Conness, Cowan, Cragin, Edmunds, Fessenden, Howard, Howe, Poland, Ramsey, Sherman, Sprague, Stewart, Van Winkle, Wade-17.
ALABAMA, reconstruction facts, 12, 21-34; claimants in Con- gress, 107, 108; resolutions of legislature, 22; laws on treedmen, 33, 34. AMENDMENT OF CONSTITUTION, President Johnson's message, and Secretary Seward's report upon, 83, 84; votes adopt- ing, 102; preliminary votes and propositions, 103-106. AMNESTY, President Johnson's proclamation of, 9; Mr. Sew- ard's cir ular, 10.
ANCONA, SYDENHAM E., resolution on Fenians, 113. ANTI-SLAVERY AMENDMENT, announcement of ratification of, 6; action of insurrectionary States. 19-24; President Johnson's telegrams respecting, 22, 23, : 5. APPOINTMENTS TO OFFICE, President Johnson's order respect- ing, 17.
ARKANSAS, President Johnson's telegram to Gov. Murphy, 28; claimants in Congress, 107, 108.
ARREST OF DAVIS, CLAY, &c., order for, 7; release of Clay, note, 8; resolution on trial of Davis, 113. ASSASSINS OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN, President Johnson's orders for trial and punishment of, 7.
BINGHAM, JOHN A., reports on immunities of citizens, 105; concerning Tennessee, 105; amendment to resolution on President's policy, 111.
BLOCKADE, proclamation concerning, 7, 9, 13.
BOUTWELL, GEORGE S., resolution respecting trial of Jeffer- son Davis, 113.
BROOKS, JAMES, Representative in thirty-ninth Congress, 108; unseated, note, 108.
BROWNLOW, WILLIAM G., President Johnson's telegram to, 27.
CABINET of President Johnson, 107.
CAMPBELL, JOHN A. parole of, 14.
CANBY, E. R. S., telegram forbidding meeting of rebel legis- latures, 19.
CENSUS TABLES, on Representation, population, &c., 125. CITIZENSHIP OF UNITED STATES, proposed Constitutional
amendment respecting, 102; legislation upon, 78; Pres- ident Johnson's views, 74.
CIVIL RIGHTS, proposed amendment to secure, 102-106. CIVIL RIGHTS BILL, President Johnson's veto of, and votes on passing and re-passing, 74-80.
CLARK, CHARLES, parole of, 14; attempt to call rebel legisla- ture and General Canby's order forbidding, 19. CLAY, CLEMENT C., reward for arrest, 8; parole of, note, 8. CODES, FREEDMEN'S, orders, and legislation, 12, 13, 29-44. COLORADO, bill for admission of, veto and votes, 81-83. COLORED PEOPLE, of District of Columbia, President Johnson's
address to, 63; conventions and action of, in insurrec- tionary States, 18, 20, 21-21.
COLORED SOLDIERS, President Johnson's addresses to, 49-52. COLORED SUFFRAGE, President Johnson's telegram to Prov.
Gov. Sharkey on, 19, 20; President Lincoln's letter to Governor Ilahn on, note, 20; President Johnson's allu- sions to, 24, 49, 52-55; proposed in District of Columbia, 114-116; in the Territories, 116; proposed in Connec- ticut and vote, 120.
COMMERCIAL INTERCOURSE, President Jolinson's orders re- specting, 7, 9, 13.
CONGRESS, resolution on duty of, to guarantee a republican form of government, 112; President Johnson's telegram to Provisional Governor Perry on organization of 39 th, 24; members of 39th, 107, 108. CONNECTICUT, election of 1865 on colored suffrage, and elec- tion of 1866, 120.
CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES, Copy of, 1-6; Mr. Sew-
'ard's certificate of ratification of anti-slavery amend- ment, 6; President Johnson's message on proposed amendment to, 83; votes on propositions of amendment, 102-106.
CONVENTION, proposed National Union, 118; resolution of Democratic National, 118; of Pennsylvania Union and Democrat, 123; Union National, 117; Maryland Union, 124; outhern Unionist, 124.
COOPER, EDMUND, telegram respecting peace proclamation, 17; claimant of seat in Congress, 108.
DAVIS, JEFFERSON, President Johnson's order for arrest of, 7; resolution for trial of, 113.
DEFREES, JOSEPH H., resolution on elective franchise, 110. DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL PLATFORM of 1864, 118; Address of Democratic Congressmen, 119, 120; platform of Peuna., 123.
DENNISON, WILLIAM, Postmaster General, 107.
DIRECT TAXES, proposed constitutional amendment on, 104. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, President Johnson on proposed suf- frage in, 52; bill on suffrage, 114-116.
DODGE, WILLIAM E., qualified as representative, note, 108. DOUGLASS, FREDERICK, interview with President Johnson, 52-56.
EDMUNDS, GEORGE F., qualified as Senator, note, 107.
ELECTIONS OF 1866, returns of, 120. ELECTIVE FRANCHISE in the States, resolution concerning, 110; in Territories, to be no discrimination on account of color, 116; President Johnson's allusion to, 19, 20, 24, 49, 52-55; President Lincoln, note, 24.
FENIANS, President Johnson's proclamation respecting, 17, 18; Attorney General Speed's order for arrest of, note, 18; resolution on, 113, 114.
FLORIDA, provisional governor appointed, 12; General Gill- more's order annulling the call of acting Gov. Allison for meeting of rebel legislature, 24; reconstruction, steps in, 24, 25; Freedmen's code, 38-41; claimants in Congress, 107, 108.
FOOT, SOLOMON, Senator, death of, 107.
FORNEY, JOHN W., Secretary of the Senate, 107; allusion of President Johnson to, 61.
FREEDMEN, orders respecting, 12, 13; laws concerning, 29-44. FREEDMEN'S BUREAU, President Johnson's veto of bill for, and
votes on passing and repassing, 68-74; number of rations issued by, to April 1, 1866, note, 69. GEORGIA, General Gillmore's order annulling Gov. Brown's call for a meeting of the rebel legislature, 20; recon- struction, steps in, 20, 21; laws on freedmen, 32, 33; claimants in Congress, 107, 108.
GRANT, ULYSSES S., General, report on condition of insurrec- tionary States, 67, 68; surrender of Lee to, 120, 121; orders of, to protect loyal persons and suppress disloyal newspapers, 122, 123. 124.
HABEAS CORPUS, annulling suspension of, in certain States, 15; resolution on, 112; bill respecting, 116.
HALE, ROBERT S.. amendment to District of Columbia suf- frage bill, 114.
HARLAN, JAMES, Secretary of the Interior, 107. HENDERSON, JAMES II. D., resolution on punishment of trea- son, 109.
HILL, RALPH, resolution on test oath, 110.
HOLDEN, WILLIAM W., appointed provisional governor of North Carolina, 11; President Johnson's telegram to, respecting rebel debt, 19; defeated for Governor, 19. HOMESTEAD ACT, bill extending the, votes on, 116. HOWARD, O. O., orders of, as Commissioner of Freedmen's Affairs, 12, 13.
INSURRECTIONARY STATES, President's proclamations concern- ing 7, 9, 11, 13-17; reconstruction steps in, 18-18; le- gislation respecting freedmen, 29-44; President John- son's messages, concerning, 64-67; Lieutenant General Grant's report, 67, 68; President Johnson on represen- tation of, 57-66, 71, 72; votes in Congress upon, note, 72; reports and propositions, 102-106; claimants from, for seats in Congress, and memoranda respecting, 107, 108. JOHNSON, ANDREW, Cabinet of, 107: inauguration of, 44. JOHNSON, ANDREW, INTERVIEWS AND SPEECHES-TO citizens of Indiana, 41-47; Nashville speech of June 9, 1864, note, 46, 47; to Virginia refugees, 47, 48; with George L. Stearns, 48, 49; to colored soldiers, October 10, 1865, 49-51; with Senator Dixon, 51-52; with colored delega tion respecting suffrage, and reply of, 5--55; with com- mittee of the Virginia legislature, 56-58; speech of February 22, 1866, 58-63; speech to colored people of District of Columbia, 63.
JOHNSON, ANDREW, MESSAGES OF-Annual, 64-66; special, on the condition of the insurrectionary States, 66, 67; veto of Freedmen's Bureau bill, 68-72; veto of civil rights bill, 74-78; veto of Colorado bill, 81, 82; on pro- posed constitutional amendment, 83. JOHNSON, ANDREW, ORDERS AND PROCLAMATIONS OF, 7-18; on commercial intercourse and blockade, 7, 9, 13; for trial and punishment of Abraham Lincoln's assassins, 7; for arrest of Jefferson Davis, Clement C. Clay, and others, 7; for release of latter, note, 8; recognizing Pierpoint's administration in Virginia, 8; respecting rebel cruisers receiving hospitality in foreign ports, 9; of amnesty, 9, 10; appointing provisional governos in North arolina, Mississippi, Georgia, Texas, Alabama, South Carolina. Florida, 11, 12; respecting freedmen, 12. 13; for return of property to pardoned persons, 13; re- specting the State of Tennessee, 13, 14; Passports for pa- roled prisoners, 14; paroling certain State prisoners, 14; withdrawing martial law from Kentucky, 15; annulling the suspension of the habeas corpus, 15; announcing that the rebellion has ended, 15, 16; President John- son's interpretation thereof, no'e, 17; in relation to appointments to office, 17; in relation to trials by mili- tary courts and comm'ssions, 17; forbidding the inva- sion of Canada by the Fenians, 17, 18.
JOHNSON, ANDREW, TELEGRAMS OF, to Provisional Governor Holden on repudiating rebel debt of North Carolina, 19; to Provisional Governor Sharkey, on colored suf-
frage in Mississippi, 19, 20; to Provisional Governor Johnson on repudiating rebel debt of Georgia, 20, 21; to Provisional Governor Perry of South Carolina on ratifying anti-slavery amendment, 22, on annulling ordinance of secession, 23, on Representatives elected to Congress presenting their credentials, 24; to Pro- visional Governor Marvin of Florida, 25; to Governor Brownlow of Tennessee on sustaining and enforcing the election laws of that State, 27; to Governor Murphy of Arkansas, 28.
JOHNSON, ANDREW, thanks of House to, 113; sundry resolu- tions respecting, 111, 112.
JOHNSON, JAMES, appointed provisional governor of Geor- gia, 12, telegrams from and to, 20, 21.
JOHNSTON, JOSEPH E, agreement with General Sherman, 121, 122.
JOINT RECONSTRUCTION COMMITTEE, majority and minority reports of, 81-101; various propositions of, and votes upon, 102-106.
KELLEY, WILLIAM D., bill to regulate suffrage in District of Columbia, 114.
KENTUCKY, withdrawal of martial law, 15. KIRKWOOD, SAMUEL J., qualified as Senator, note, 107. LEE, R. E, surrender to General Grant, 120, 121. LINCOLN, ABRAHAM, orders for trial and punishment of assas- sins of, 7; letter of, to Governor Hahn on colored suf frage, note, 20; telegram to General Weitzel forbidding the meeting of the rebel legislature of Virginia, 26. LIST OF CONGRESSMEN AND CLAIMANTS, 107, 108. LONGYEAR, JOHN W., resolutions on public affairs, 111-113. LOUISIANA, J. M. Wells elected Governor, 28; James T. Mon-
roe mayor of New Orleans, and pardon of, 28, 29; legis- lation on freedmen, 43, 44; claimants in Congress, 107, 108.
MARVIN, WM., appointed provisional governor of Florida, 12; claimant of seat in Senate, 107.
MARYLAND, Unconditional Union platform, 124. MCCULLOCH, IIUGH, Secretary of Treasury, 107. MCPHERSON, EDWARD, Clerk of House, 108; telegrams of Provisional Governor Perry, as to action of, 21. MESSAGES OF PRESIDENT JOHNSON, annua', 61-66; on con- dition of insurrectionary States, 66; vetoes of Freedmen's Bureau, Civil Rights, and Colorado bills, 64-82; on pro- posed constitutional amendment, 82. MILITARY COURTS, effect of peace proclamation upon, note, 17; order in relation to trials by, 17. MISSISSIPPI, rebel legislature forbidden to assemble, 19; reconstruction steps in, 19, 20; President Johnson's telegram to Provisional Governor Sharkey on col- ored suffrage, 19, 20; convention of colored people of, 20; laws on freedmen, 29-32; claimants in Congress, 107, 108.
MORRILL, LOT M., amendments to District of Columbia suf- frage bill, 115.
NEBRASKA, election of 1866, 120.
NEW HAMPSHIRE, election of 1866, 120.
NEW JERSEY, Senator from, unseated, note, 107. NORTH CAROLINA, provisional governor appointed, 11; steps taken in reconstruction, 18, 19; claimants for seats in Senate and House, 107, 108; convention of colored peo- ple of, 18; laws concerning freedmen. 29. OFFICE, President Johnson's order respecting appointments to, 17.
ORDERS, MILITARY, of General Sickles, setting aside Freed- men's code for South Carolina, 36-38; of General Terry in Virginia, 41-42; President Johnson declined to inter- fere, 42; of General Grant to protect loyal persons and suppress disloyal newspapers, 122, 123, 124. OREGON, election of 1866, 120.
REPRESENTATION, proposed constitutional amendment on, 102-105; census tables on, 125. REPRESENTATION OF INSURRECTIONARY STATES, President John- son's allusions to, 57-66, 71, 72, 82; concurrent resolu- tion upon, note, 72; majority and minority reports upon, 84-101; bills and propositions relating to, 102-106; resolution concerning, 109.
REPRESENTATIVES IN THIRTY-NINTH CONGRESS AND CLAIMANTS, 108, 109.
RESOLUTIONS ON POLITICAL SUBJECTS, 109-111. RHODE ISLAND, election of 1866, 120.
SCHENCK, ROBERT C., propositions on representation, 104, 105; on Fenian resolution, 114; on suffrage in District of Columbia, 115.
SENATORS IN THIRTY-NINTH CONGRESS, AND CLAIMANTS, 197, SEWARD, WILLIAM H., Secretary of State, 107; certificate of ratification of anti-slavery amendment, 6; telegrams to provisional governors, 21, 23, 24, 25; report on transmission of proposed constitutional amendment, 83, 84. SHARKEY, WILLIAM L., provisional governor of Mississippi, 12; action as, 19, 20; President Johnson's telegram on colored suffrage, 19, 20; claimant as Senator, 107. SHERMAN, WILLIAM T., agreement with General Joseph E. Johnston, 121, 122.
SICKLES, DANIEL E., order of, setting aside South Carolina's code, 36-38. SOUTH CAROLINA, provisional governor appointed, 12; re- construction, steps in, 22-24; General Gillmore's order annulling Governor Magrath's call for legislature, 22; President Johnson's and Secretary Seward's telegrams, 22, 23, 24; failure to repudiate rebel debt, note, 24; form of ratifying anti-slavery amendment, 23; laws on freedmen, and order of General Sickles relating thereto, 34-37; claimants in Congress, 107, 108. SPEED, JAMES, Attorney General, 107; order for arrest of Fenians, note, 18.
STANTON, EDWIN M., Secretary of War, 107. STEARNS, GEORGE L., President Johnson's interview with, 48, 49.
STEPHENS, ALEXANDER H., parole of, 14; claimant in Con- gress, 107.
STEVENS, THADDEUS, allusion of President Johnson to, 61; resolution on representation, note, 72; propositions from Reconstruction Committee, 103-105; resolution on test oath for lawyers, 111; motion not to recognize the North Carolina State government, 113. STOCKTON, JOHN P., Senator, 107; unseated, note, 107. SUFFRAGE in District of Columbia, 114-116; in territories,
116, 117; vote in Connecticut, 120; President Lincoln upon, note, 20; President Johnson, 19, 20, 24, 49, 52-55. SUMNER, CHARLES, allusion of President Johnson to, 61. TABER, STEPHEN, amendment to homestead act, 116 TABULAR STATEMENTS, on representation, tariff, debt, 125, 126.
TARIFF, votes on all, since 1816, 126. TENNESSEE, President Johnson's proclamation respecting suppression of insurrection in, 13; franchise acts in, 27, 28, and President Johnson's telegram concerning, 27; legislation on freedmen, 42, 43; joint resolution con- cerning, 105.
TERRITORIES, elective franchise in, 116. TERRY, General, order setting aside vagrant act of Virginia, 41, 42; sustained by President Johnson, 42. TEST OATH, action of North Carolina requesting repeal of, 19; of Mississippi, 20; vote in House on, 110, 111. TEXAS, provisional governor appointed, 12; action of con- vention, 28; legislation on freedmen, 43. THORNTON, ANTHONY, resolution on elective franchise, 110. TREASON, PUNISHMENT OF, resolution respecting, 109. Ala-TRENHOLM, GEORGE A., parole of, 14.
PARDONED REBELS, order for return of property to, 13. PAROLED PRISONERS, passports ordered for, 14, 15. PARSONS, LEWIS E., appointed provisional governor of bama, 12; claimant of seat as Senator, 107. PENNSYLVANIA, resolutions of Union and Democratic conven- tions, 123.
PERRY, BENJAMIN F., appointed provisional governor of South Carolina, 12; telegrams on sundry topics, 22, 23, 24; claimant of seat as Senator, 107.
PHILLIPS, WENDELL, allusion of President Johnson to, 61. PLATFORMS OF 1864, Union and Democratic, 117, 118. PROVISIONAL GOVERNORS appointed, 11, 12.
PUBLIC DEBT, resolution respecting inviolability of, 109; pro- posed constitutional amendment respecting, 102, 103; amount of, 126.
PUBLIC LANDS, legislation on, 116.
RANDALL, SAMUEL J., resolution on public debt, 109. REBEL CRUISERS, proclamation concerning, 9. REBELLION SUPPRESSED, proclamation announcing the, 15, 16. REBELS PARDONED, order for return of property to, 13. REBEL DEBT, proposition to repudiate, 102, 106; resolution
concerning, 109; action of legislatures of insurrection- ary states on rebel State debt., 19, 21, 23, 24, 28. RECONSTRUCTION COMMITTEE, majority and minority reports of, 84-101; votes upon propositions of, 102-106.
VIRGINIA, order to re-establish authority of United States in, 8, 9; call for meeting of rebel legislature, 25; Mr. Lin- coln's telegram forbidding it, 25; legislation, &c., in, 26, 27; freedmen's code, and General Terry's order setting aside vagrant act, 41, 42; claimants in Congress, 107, 108.
VOORHEES, DANIEL W., Representative in Thirty-Ninth Con- gress, 108; unseated, note, 108; resolution endorsing President Johnson's policy, 111.
WARREN, Gouverneur K., General, telegram of General Canby to, prohibiting the meeting of the rebel legisla- ture of Mississippi, 19.
WASHBURN, IIENRY D., qualified as Representative, note, 108. WELLES, GIDEON, Secretary of the Navy, 107.
WEST VIRGINIA, bill, votes on, 116; election of 1866, 120. WILLEY, WAITMAN T, amendment to District of Columbia bill. 115, 116.
WILLIAMS, THOMAS, resolution on withdrawal of military force, 111.
WILSON, JAMES F., proposition relative to rebel debt, 106; resolution on representation, 109, 110; amendinent to District of Columbia bill, 114.
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