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determine and decide doubtful questions as to
the authenticity of the organization of State
legislatures, or as to the power of any State
legislature to recall a previous act or resolution
of ratification of any amendment proposed to
the Constitution;

And whereas it appears from official docu-
ments on file in this Department that the amend-
ment to the Constitution of the United States,
proposed as aforesaid, has been ratified by the
legislatures of the States of Connecticut, New
Hampshire, Tennessee, New Jersey, Oregon,
Vermont, New York, Ohio, Illinois, West Vir-
ginia, Kansas, Maine, Nevada, Missouri, In-
diana, Minnesota, Rhode Island, Wisconsin,
Pennsylvania, Michigan, Massachusetts, Ne-
braska, and Iowa;

And whereas it further appears, from documents on file in this Department, that the amendment to the Constitution of the United States, proposed as aforesaid, has also been ratified by newly-constituted and newly-established bodies avowing themselves to be, and acting as, the legislatures, respectively, of the States of Arkansas, Florida, North Carolina, Louisiana, South Carolina, and Alabama;

And whereas it further appears from official documents on file in this Department that the legislatures of two of the States first above enumerated, to wit: Ohio and New Jersey, have since passed resolutions respectively withdrawing the consent of each of said States to the aforesaid amendment; and whereas it is deemed a matter of doubt and uncertainty whether such resolutions are not irregular, invalid, and therefore ineffectual for withdrawing the consent of the said two States, or of either of them, to the aforesaid amendment;

And whereas the whole number of States in

the United States is thirty-seven, to wit: New
Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Con-
necticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania,
Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina,
South Carolina, Georgia, Vermont, Kentucky,
Tennessee, Ohio, Louisiana, Indiana, Missis-
sippi, Illinois, Alabama, Maine, Missouri, Ar-
kansas, Michigan, Florida, Texas, Iowa, Wis-
consin, Minnesota, California, Oregon, Kansas,
West Virginia, Nevada, and Nebraska;

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aforesaid amendment has been ratified in manner herein before mentioned, and so become valid, to all intents and purposes, a part of the Constitution of the United States In testimony whereof, I have hereunto my hand, and caused the seal of the Departm of State to be affixed.

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Done at the City of Washington this 2 day of July, in the year of our L 1868, and of the independence of United States of America the nine third. WILLIAM H. SEWARD, Secretary of State

Concurrent Resolution of Congress on the sa

Subject, July 21, 1868.

Whereas the legislatures of the States Connecticut, Tennessee, New Jersey, Oreg Vermont, West Virginia, Kansas, Missouri, diana, Ohio, Illinois, Minnesota, New Yo Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Mic gan, Nevada, New Hampshire, Massachuse Nebraska, Maine, Iowa, Arkansas, Flori North Carolina, Alabama, South Carolina, a Louisiana, being three-fourths and more of several States of the Union, have ratified fourteenth article of amendment to the Cons tution of the United States, duly proposed two-thirds of each House of the Thirty-Nin Congress; therefore

Resolved by the Senate, (the House of Rep sentatives concurring.) That said fourteen article is hereby declared to be a part of Constitution of the United States, and it sh be duly promulgated as such by the Secretary

State.

July 21-Passed the SENATE without a cou Same day-Passed the HOUSE-the reso tion-yeas 126, nays 32; the preamble-ye 127, nays 35.

Georgia has ratified it since, by a majority ten in the Senate, and twenty-four in the Hou

General Blair's Letter to Colonel Brodhead WASHINGTON, June 30, 1868, Colonel JAMES O. BRODHEAD.

DEAR COLONEL: In reply to your inquiries beg leave to say, that I leave to you to det mine, on consultation with my friends from M souri, whether my name shall be presented the Democratic Convention, and to submit following as what I consider the real and on

And whereas the twenty-three States first
herein before named, whose legislatures have
ratified the said proposed amendment, and the
six States next thereafter named, as having
ratified the said proposed amendment by newly-issue in this contest.
constituted and established legislative bodies,
together constitute three-fourths of the whole
number of States in the United States:

The reconstruction policy of the Radicals w
be complete before the next election; the Sta
so long excluded will have been admitted,
Now, therefore, be it known, that I, William gro suffrage established, and the carpet-bagg
H. Seward, Secretary of State of the United installed in their seats in both branches of C
States, by virtue and in pursuance of the second gress. There is no possibility of changing i
section of the act of Congress, approved the political character of the Senate, even if
twentieth of April, eighteen hundred and Democrats should elect their President and
eighteen, herein before cited, do hereby certify majority of the popular branch of Congress.
that if the resolutions of the legislatures of cannot, therefore, undo the Radical plan of
Ohio and New Jersey ratifying the aforesaid construction by congressional action; the Sen
amendment are to be deemed as remaining in will continue a bar to its repeal. Must we su
full force and effect, notwithstanding the subse-mit to it? How can it be overthrown? It c
quent resolutions of the legislatures of those
States which purport to withdraw the consent
of said States from such ratification, then the

only be overthrown by the authority of the E ecutive, who is sworn to maintain the Consti tion, and who will fail to do his duty if he allo

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the Constitution to perish under a series of con- | the good-will and kindness which that body has gressional enactments which are in palpable shown to me. Its nomination was unsought, and violation of its fundamental principles.

If the President elected by the Democracy enforces or permits others to enforce these reconstruction acts, the Radicals, by the accession of twenty spurious Senators and fifty Representatives, will control both branches of Congress, and his administration will be as powerless as the present one of Mr. Johnson.

unexpected. It was my ambition to take an active part, from which I am now excluded, in the great struggle going on for the restoration of good government, of peace and prosperity to our country. But I have been caught up by the whelming tide that is bearing us on to a great political change, and I find myself unable to resist its pressure. You have also given to There is but one way to restore the Govern- me a copy of the resolutions put forth by the ment and the Constitution, and that is for the convention, showing its position upon all the President elect to declare these acts null and great questions which now agitate the country. void, compel the army to undo its usurpations at As the presiding officer of that convention, I the South, disperse the carpet bag State govern- am familiar with their scope and import, and ments, allow the white people to reorganize as one of its members, I am a party to their their own governments, and elect Senators and terms; they are in accord with my views, and I Representatives. The House of Representatives stand upon them in the contest upon which we will contain a majority of Democrats from the are now entering; and I shall strive to carry North, and they will admit the Representatives them out in future, wherever I may be placed, elected by the white people of the South, and, in public or private life. I congratulate you, with the co-operation of the President, it will not and all conservative men, who seek to restore be difficult to compel the Senate to submit once order, peace, prosperity, and good government more to the obligations of the Constitution. It to our land, upon the evidences everywhere will not be able to withstand the public judg-shown that we are to triumph at the next elecment, if distinctly invoked and clearly expressed tion. Those who are politically opposed to us on this fundamental issue, and it is the sure way to avoid all future strife to put the issue plainly to the country.

I repeat, that this is the real and only question which we should allow to control us: Shall we submit to the usurpations by which the Government has been overthrown; or shall we exert ourselves for its full and complete restoration? It is idle to talk of bonds, green backs, gold, the public faith, and the public credit. What can a Democratic President do in regard to any of these, with a Congress in both branches controlled by the carpet-baggers and their allies? He will be powerless to stop the supplies by which idle negroes are organized into political clubs-by which an army is maintained to protect these vagabonds in their outrages upon the ballot. These, and things like these, eat up the revenues and resources of the Government and destroy its credit-make the difference between gold and greenbacks. We must restore the Constitution before we can restore the

finances, and to do this we must have a Presi-
dent who will execute the will of the people by
trampling into dust the usurpations of Congress
known as the reconstruction acts. I wish to
stand before the convention upon this issue, but
it is one which embraces everything else that
is of value in its large and comprehensive re-
sults. It is the one thing that includes all that
is worth a contest, and without it there is nothing
that gives dignity, honor, or value to the strug
gle... Your friend, FRANK P. BLAIR.

Speeches of Horatio Seymour and Francis P.
Blair, Jr., Accepting the Nominations, July 10,

1868.

[From the N. Y. World, July 11, 1868.]

SPEECH OF GOVERNOR SEYMOUR.

MR. CHAIRMAN AND GENTLEMEN OF THE COMMITTEE: I thank you for the courteous terms in which you have communicated to me the action of the Democratic National Convention. I have 20 words adequate to express my gratitude for

flattered themselves there would be discord in our councils; they mistook the uncertainties of our views as to the best methods of carrying out our purposes, for difference of opinion with regard to those purposes. They mistook an intense anxiety to do no act which should not be wise and judicious, for a spirit of discord; but during the lengthened proceedings and earnest discussions of the convention there has prevailed an entire harmony of intercourse, a patient forbearance, and a self-sacrificing spirit, which are the sure tokens of a coming victory. Accept for yourselves, gentlemen, my wishes for your future welfare and happiness. In a few days I will answer the communication you have just handed me by letter, as is the customary form.

SPEECH OF GENERAL BLAIR.

you

Mr. CHAIRMAN: I accept the platform of resolutions passed by the late Democratic Convention, and I accept their nomination with feelings of profound gratitude; and, sir, I thank you for the very kind manner in which conveyed to me the decision of the Democratic have already Convention. I accept the nomination with the conviction that your nomination for the Presidency is one which will carry us to certain victory, and because I believe that the nomination is the most proper nomination that could be made by the Democratic party. The contest which we wage is for the restoration of constitutional government, and it is proper that we should make this contest under the lead of one who has given his life to the maintenance of constitutional government. We are to make the contest for the restoration of those great principles of government which belong to our race. And, my fellow-citizens, it is most proper that we should select for our leader a man not from military life, but one who has devoted himself to civil pursuits; who has given himself to the study and the understanding of the Constitution and its maintenance with all the force of reason and judgment. My fellow-citizens, I have said that the contest before us was one for

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thirty years shall bear interest at four and a per centum; and bonds falling due in forty y shall bear interest at four per centum; w said bonds and the interest, thereon shall b

the United States, other than such income t may be assessed on other incomes, as well as taxation in any form by or under State, m cipal, or local authority, and the said bonds be exclusively used, par for par, for the red tion of or in exchange for an equal amou any of the present outstanding bonds of United States known as the five-twenty b and may be issued to an amount, in the a gate, sufficient to cover the principal of all five-twenty bonds, and no more.

the restoration of our government; it is also one for the restoration of our race. It is to prevent the people of our race from being exiled from their homes-exiled from the government which they formed and created for them-empt from the payment of all taxes or duti selves and for their children, and to prevent them from being driven out of the country or trodden under foot by an inferior and semibarbarous race. In this country we shall have the sympathy of every man who is worthy to belong to the white race. What civilized people on earth would refuse to associate with them selves in all the rights and honors and dignity of their country such men as Lee and Johnston? What civilized country on earth would fail to do honor to those who, fighting for an erroneous cause, yet distinguished themselves by gallantry in that service? In that contest, for which they are sought to be disfranchised and to be, exiled from their homes in that contest, they have proved themselves worthy to be our peers. My fellow citizens, it is not my purpose to make any long address, (cries of "go on,") but simply to express my gratitude for the great and distinguished honor which has been conferred upon

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A voice. "You are worthy of it."

General Blair- -and from my heart to reiterate the words of thanks that fell from my lips when I arose.

The Funding Bill, July 25, 1868. AN ACT providing for payment of the national debt, and for the reduction of the rate of interest thereon.

Be it enacted, &c., That the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized to issue coupon or registered bonds of the United States, in such form as he may prescribe, and of denominations of one hundred dollars, or any multiple of that sum, redeemable in coin at the pleasure of the United States after thirty and forty years, respectively, and bearing the following rates of yearly interest, payable semi-annually in coin, that is to say: The issue of bonds falling due in

SEC. 2. That there is hereby appropriate of the duties derived from imported good sum of one hundred and thirty-five millic dollars annually, which sum, during each year, shall be applied to the payment of th terest and to the reduction of the princip the public debt in such a manner as may termined by the Secretary of the Treasury, Congress may hereafter direct; and such r tion shall be in lieu of the sinking fund templated by the fifth section of the act en "An act to authorize the issue of United notes, and for the redemption or funding th and for funding the floating debt of the States," approved February twenty-fifth, teen hundred and sixty-two.

SEC. 3. That from and after the passage o act no percentage,, deduction, commissio compensation of any amount or kind sh allowed to any person for the sale, negoti redemption or exchange of any bonds or s ties of the United States, or of any coin, or b disposed of at the Treasury Department o where on account of the United States; a acts or parts of acts authorizing or perm by construction or otherwise, the Secrets the Treasury to appoint any agent, othe some proper officer of his department, to such sale, negotiation, redemption, or exc of bonds and securities are hereby repeale

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INDEX TO MANUAL OF 1868.

ALABAMA, orders and action of the military therein,
-61; new constitution of, 67; bill for restoration
to representation, 77, 79, 80, 81; representatives elect
from, 88; election returns in, 112.

ANNE STY PROCLAMATION, of partial, 82, 83; of general, 84.
ARKA SAS, orders and action of the military therein, 61-
65; new constitution of, 67, 68; restoration to rep-
resentation, 77, 79; names of Senators and Repre-
sentatives, 87, 88; vote of legislature ratifying 14th
amendment, 93.

ARTICLES OF IMPEACHMENT AGAINST ANDREW JOHNSON, an-
swer of, and judgment of the Senate, 6-22.
ASHBURY, GEORGE W., order respecting assassination of,
60.

BALTIMORE TROUBLES OF 1866, and General Grant's record
upon, 37, 45, 46.

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BEALE, W. H. R., application for pardon, 41, 45.
BLAIR, FRANCIS P., jr,, nomination and acceptance, for
Vice President, 107; letter to Colonel Brodhead,
120; speech of, 121.

BROWNING, ORVILLE H., Secretary of Interior, 87; letter
of, on General Grant, 29,

BUTLER, BENJAMIN F., amendment to reconstruction
bill, 78.

CABINET OF PRESIDENT JOHNSON, members of, 87.

CANBY, E. R. S. Major General, orders of and respect-
ing, 58, 85.

3.

CHANDLER, ZACHARIAH, motion on Mr. Stanton's removal,
CHASE, SALMON P., Chief Justice, oath as presiding offi-
cer at impeachment trial, 11; motions proposing
thanks to, 90, 108; vote for nomination for Presi-
dent, 111.

COLFAX, SCHUYLER, Speaker of House, 87; nominated for
Vice President and acceptance, 106.

COLORED SOLDIERS, General Grant's letter on protecting,

35.

COLORED SUFFRAGE, secured in State constitutions, 93, 94.
CONKLING, ROSCOE, motion respecting Alabama, 81.
CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES, votes of legisla-

tures on 14th amendment to, 93; ratification of 14th
amendment, 119.

CONVENTIONS, National, of Republican and Democratic
parties, platforms, and acceptance of candidates
of, 96-104, 104-108.

CORBETT, HENRY W., motion respecting Mr. Stanton's
suspension, 3.

DEBT, amount of, of United States, 114.

DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL PLATFORMS of 1852, 1856, 1860, and
1864, 96-104; of 1868, 107, and vote for President in
111.

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, bill for the further security of
equal rights in, 91.

DIXON, JAMES, amendment to resolution on Mr. Stan-
ton's removal, 2.

DOOLITTLE, JAMES R., amendment to reconstruction bill,
78; vote for nomination for President, 111.
DRAKE, CHARLES D., motion respecting Mr. Stanton's
removal, 3; amendment to Arkansas bill, 77.
EDMUNDS, GEORGE F, resolution on removal of Mr. Stan-
ton, 2; on confirming General Schofield, 4.
ELECTORAL COLLEGE of 1864 and vote in, 112; of 1868, 118;
act respecting, veto of, and re-passage, 119.
EWING, THOMAS, jr., proposed resolution of, at Soldiers
and Sailor's Convention, 109; vote for nomination
for President, 111.

EXCHANGE OF PRISONERS, General Grant's testimony
upon, 36.

FARNSWORTH, JOHN F., motion respecting Florida, 81.
FEMALE SUFFRAGE, vote upon, in Kansas, 93,

FERRY, ORRIS S., amendment to the Arkansas bill, 80.
FIELD, STEPHEN F., vote for nomination for President,
111.

FINANCIAL LEGISLATION, (5.20's, 10.40's, "greenbacks,"
&C.,) 94.

FIVE-TWENTY BONDS, act authorizing, 94.

FLORIDA, orders and action of military therein, 59-61;
new constitution of, 68-69; restoration to represen-
tation, 77, 81; Senators and Representatives from,
87, 88; vote of legislature on 14th amendment, 93.
FORNEY, JOHN W., resigned as Secretary of Senate, 87.

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FoSTER J. G., General, General Grant's order to, respect-
ing order 44, 48; report of, note, 49.
FOURTEENTH CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT, votes of legisla
tures on ratifying, 92, 93; certificate of Mr. Seward
respecting, 119; concurrent resolution of Congress
upon, 120.
FREEDMEN'S BUREAU, bill to continue, and whole expen-
ses of, 89; additional bill, 118...
FRELINGHUYSEN, FREDERICK T., motion respecting Gen-
eral Schofield's confirmation, 4.
FUNDING BILL, the, 122.

GEORGIA, orders and action of the military in, 59-61;
new constitution of, 70; restoration to representa-
tion, 77; Representatives elect from, 88; ratification
of 14th amendment, 120.

GORHAM, GEORGE C., Secretary of the Senate, 87.
GRANT, ULYSSES S., GENERAL, LETTERS OF, to Secretary
Stanton and President Johnson on taking the War
Department ad interim, 1, 2; to and from President
Johnson on retiring therefrom, 22-33; on removing
Sheridan and Stanton, 46-48; to Hon. E. B. Wash-
burne on slavery and reconstruction, 34; to Hon. I.
N. Morris on being a candidate for political office,
35; on results of "peace on any terms," and filling
the armies, 35; on protecting colored soldiers, 36;
on going to Mexico, 36; on Baltimore troubles of
1866, 37, on martial law in Texas, 38; on order 44,
48; to Generals Foster, Sheridan, Pope, Meade,
Ord, and Governor Throckmorton, respecting re-
construction matters, 48-54; accepting nomination
for President, 105.

GRANT, ULYSSES S., ORDERS OF, respecting return of slaves
from camps, 33; use of colored persons in the army,
33; organization of negro regiments, 34; establish-
ment and control of camps for freedmen, 34; orders
and telegrams respecting reconstruction, 48-54;
forbidding the reappointment of removed civil
officers, 54; telegram to General Buchanan, 65.
GRANT, ULYSSES S., report as Secretary of War ad in-
terim, on condition of rebel States, 54-56; terms of
Lee's surrender, views upon, 39.

GRANT, ULYSSES S., testimony of, on exchange of pris
oners, 36; on reconstruction, 38-46; on Baltimore
troubles of 1866, 45, 46; on application of Lee and
others for amnesty, 41-45.

"GREENBACKS," law limiting amount of, 95.

GRIFFIN, CHARLES, General, jury order of, 63; order'
respecting, 84.

HANCOCK, WINFIELD S., orders respecting, 46-48, 84, 86;
orders of, in fifth military district, 64, 65; vote for
nomination for President, 111.

HENDERSON, JOHN B., motion respecting General Scho-
field's confirmation, 4; amendment to Arkansas
bill, 79; motion proposing thanks to Chief Justice
Chase, 90.

HENDRICKS, THOMAS A., amendment to Arkansas bill, 79;
vote for nomination for President, 111.
HOLDEN, WILLIAM W., call of, for meeting of legislature
of North Carolina, 59.

HUMPHREYS, BENJAMIN G., Governor of Mississippi, pro-
clamation of, 62; removal of, 63.
IMPEACHMENT OF ANDREW JOHNSON, the various votes upon,
in House and Senate, 4-22.
JENKINS, CHARLES J., Governor, threatened removal of,
51; actual removal, 60.

JOHNSON, ANDREW, Cabinet of, 87.
JOHNSON, ANDREW, LETTERS OF To Secretary Stanton
requesting his resignation, 1; appointing General
Grant Secretary of War ad interim, 1; appointing
Lorenzo Thomas Secretary of War ad interim, 6; to
and from General Grant respecting the latter's
withdrawal from the War Office, 22-33.

JOHNSON, ANDREW, MESSAGE announcing the removal of
Secretary Stanton, 2; veto of electoral college bill,
118, 119.

JOHNSON, ANDREW, proposed impeachment of, votes in
House and Senate upon, articles of, and answer,

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General Thomas Secretary of War ad interim, 6; |
to General Grant respecting Secretary Stanton's
orders, 24; respecting Baltimore troubles of 1866,
37; respecting Sheridan, Thomas, Hancock, 46-48,
86; proclamation enjoining obedience to the Con-
stitution and the laws, 82; extending full pardon
to certain persons engaged in the rebellion, 82, 83;
general amnesty, 84; respecting the transaction of
public business, 84; correcting an error of date in
previous proclamation, 84; orders referring to re-
construction, 46-48, 85, 86; establishing a new mili-
tary division, 85; proclamation respecting the rati-
fication of 14th amendment by Florida and North
Carolina, 119.

JOHNSON, ANDREW, TELEGRAM OF, to ex-Gov. Parsons, of
Alabama, on ratification of 14th amendment, note,
92.

KANSAS, Votes on constitutional amendments, 94.

REPRESENTATIVES IN FORTIETH CONGRESS, 87, 88.
REPRESENTATION OF INSURRECTIONARY STATES, bills prescrib
ing terms of, 75-77.
REPUBLICAN NATIONAL PLATFORMS of 1856, 1860, and 1864,
96-104; of 1868, 104.
RHODE ISLAND, election returns, 112.
SCHOFIELD, JOHN M., General, confirmation of, as Secre-
tary of War, 4; action of, in Virginia, 56, 57.
SCHURZ, CARL, resolutions of, at Chicago convention 106.
SEWARD, WILLIAM H., Secretary of State, 87; letter, on
General Grant, 30; certificate of adoption of 1pur-
teenth amendment, 119.

SEYMOUR, HORATIO, nominated for President, 111; sprech
on accepting, 121.

SHERIDAN, PHILIP H., General, report on condition of
Texas, note, 38; letters and orders on removal of,
46-48, 85; orders and telegrams of and to, on recon-
struction, 48-50; order relieving, 85.

LEE, ROBERT E., GENERAL, action of General Grant on SHERMAN, JOHN, motion respecting Georgia, 80.

application for benefit of amnesty, 41-45.
"LEGAL-TENDERS," act authorizing the, 85.
LINCOLN, ABRAHAM, vote for President in 1864, 112.

LIST OF MEMBERS OF FORTIETH CONGRESS, SECOND SESSION,
87, 88.

LOUISIANA, orders and action of military in, 63-65; new
constitution of, 69, 70; restoration to representa-
tion, 77; representatives elect from, 88.
MARTIAL LAW, General Grant on declaring, in Texas,
38; General Sheridan's report on subject, note, 38.
MARYLAND, new constitution of, 66; provision respecting
payment for slaves by United States, 66.
MCCLELLAN, GEORGE B., vote for President in 1864, 112.
MCDOWELL, IRVIN, GENERAL, order removing Governor
Humphreys, of Mississippi, 63; order respecting,
85, 86; order assigning to and relieving from com-
mand of fourth military district, 86; action of, 63.
MCPHERSON, EDWARD, Clerk of House, 87.
MEADE, GEORGE G., GENERAL, telegrams to and from Gen.

Grant, 53, 54; removal of Gov. Jenkins, of Georgia,
60; telegram on test-oath, 60; order assigning, 86.
MEXICO, General Grant and the proposed mission to, 36.
MICHIGAN, Vote on constitutional amendments, 93.
MILITARY DIVISION OF THE ATLANTIC, order establishing, 86.
MILITARY RECONSTRUCTION ACTS, orders thereunder, 56-65,
85, 86.

MINNESOTA, Vote on constitutional amendment, 94.
MISSISSIPPI, orders and action of military in, 61-63; re-
moval of Gov. Humphreys, 63; new constitution
of, 74.

NATIONAL PLATFORMS of 1852, 1856, 1860, 1864, 96-104; of
1868, 112.

NEW HAMPSHIRE, election returns of, 112.

SHERMAN, WILLIAM T., General, telegram declining blevet,

86.

SICKLES, DANIEL E., General, orders and action in second
military district, 57; order relieving, 85.

SLAVERY AND RECONSTRUCTION, General Grant's views on,
33, 38-44.
SOUTH CAROLINA, orders and action of military ir, 40-44,
57-59; action on military reconstruction bil, 57-59;
new constitution of, 72, 73; registration and votes
in, on convention, 62; on constitution, see table on
registration, &c.; restoration to representation, 77;
Representatives elect from, 88.

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SPALDING, RUFUS P., resolution of inquiry, 5; substitute
for Alabama bill, 79.

STANBERY, HENRY, Attorney General, 87; of President's
counsel, 11; rejected on re-nomination, 87.
STANTON, EDWIN M., Secretary of War, 87; request for
resignation of, and reply, 1; order of suspension,
and Senate vote upon, 1, 2; order removing, and
Senate vote upon, 2, 3; letters to General Grant
and to President Johnson, 1, 2; letter announcing
that he had "relinquished charge" of the War De-
partment, and order to General Townsend, 3; Pres-
ident Johnson's order respecting orders of, 24;
General Grant's letter to President Johnson on
removal of, 46-48; vote of thanks to, 90; of censure
of, 108.

STEVENS, THADDEUS, report on impeachment, 5, 6.
STEWART, WILLIAM M., motion respecting General Scho-
field's confirmation, 4.

SUFFRAGE, in the various rebel States, 67-74; votes on
constitutional amendments in various States, 93.
SUPPLEMENTAL RECONSTRUCTION MEASURES, 75-77.

NEW JERSEY, Vote of legislature on withdrawing ratifica- SUPREME COURT OF UNITED STATES, proposed legislation
tion of 14th amendment, 93.

NEW YORK, new constitution of, 66..
NORTH CAROLINA, orders and action of the military in,
57-59; new constitution of, 72; restoration to rep-
resentation, 77; Representatives elect from, 88;
vote of legislature on ratifying 14th amendment, 93.
OHIO, vote of legislature of 1868 on withdrawing the
ratification of the 14th amendment, 93; votes on
proposed amendment to State constitution, 93.
ORD, EDWARD O. C., Major General, assignment of, to
and from the command of fourth military district,
85; orders of, in fourth military district, 61-63.
ORDER NO. 44, facts concerning, 48.
ORDERS, MILITARY, 46-48, 85, 86.

OREGON, election returns of 1868, 112.

respecting, 90.

SWAYNE, WAGER, General, orders of, 59: order reliev
ing, 86.

86.

TEN-FORTY BONDS, act authorizing the, 94.
TEXAS, resolutions of convention of, 65; important mil-
itary order in, 96.
THOMAS, GEORGE H., Major General, various orders re-
specting, 46, 47, 85; telegram of, declining brevet,
THOMAS, LORENZO, General, letter of authority as Sec-
retary of War ad interim, 6; acceptance of, 3.
THROCKMORTON, J. W., Governor, General Grant's tele-
gram to, 50; removal of, 63.
TOWNSEND, E. D., General, order of Secretary Stanton
to, 4.

PARSONS, LEWIS E., President Johnson's telegram to, TRUMBULL, LYMAN, motion respecting Alabama, 81.
note, 92.

PEASE, E. M., appointed governor of Texas, 63.
PENNSYLVANIA, election returns, 112.

PICKETT, GEORGE E., General, application for clemency,
41, 45.

PIERPOINT, FRANCIS H., superseded as Governor of Vir
ginia, 57.

POLITICAL PLATFORMS of 1852, 1856, 1860, 1864, 96-104; of
1868, 104-108.

POPE, JOHN, Major General, telegrams to and from Grant,
50-53; orders and action of, in third military dis-
trict, 59; order relieving, 86.

PROCLAMATIONS AND ORDERS OF PRESIDENT JOHNSON, 82-86, 119.
PUBLIC DEBT OF UNITED STATES, amount of, 114

RANDALL, ALEXANDER W., Postmaster General, 87; let-
ter of, on General Grant, 29.
RECONSTRUCTION, General Grant's views upon, 34, 38-46;
President Johnson's orders referring to, 85, 86, 119.
RECONSTRUCTION MEASURES, SUPPLEMENTAL, 75-77; orders
referring to, 56–65, 85, 86.

VIRGINIA, orders and action of military in, 56, 57; ap-
pointment of Henry H. Wells as governor, 57; new
constitution of, 73.

WELLES, GIDEON, Secretary of the Navy, 87; letter of, on
General Grant, 30.

WELLS, HENRY H., appointed governor of Virginia, 57.
WHIG NATIONAL PLATFORM of 1852, 97.

WILLEY, WAITMAN T., motion on confirming General
Schofield, 4.

WILLIAMS, GEORGE H., motion respecting certain con-
stitutions, 80, 81.

WILLIAMS, THOMAS, proposition respecting Supreme
Court, 90.

WILSON, HENRY, motion respecting Secretary Stanton's
removal, 3; motion respecting Alabama, 80; vote of,
for Vice President, 106.

WOODBRIDGE, FREDERICK E., motion respecting Alabama,
80.

YATES, RICHARD, motion respecting Secretary Stanton's
removal, 3.

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