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MR. BLAINE
CHOSEN.--MR. KERR THE DEMOCRATIC
CANDIDATE.--VARIOUS MEMBERS.--MR. WHEELER.--MR.
POTTER.--JUDGE NOAH DAVIS.--GENERAL SLOCUM. --MR.
HALE.--THOMAS FITCH.--THE PENNSYLVANIA
DELEGATION.--MR. S. S. COX.--MR. GEORGE F. HOAR.--NEW
ERA POLITICALLY UNDER PRESIDENT GRANT.-- THE
OPPOSITION PARTY IN THE HOUSE.--ITS STRONG
LEADERS.--THEIR MANLY CHARACTER.
CHAPTER XVIII.
SENATE IN THE FORTY-FIRST CONGRESS.--HANNIBAL
HAMLIN ELECTED FOR THE FOURTH TERM.--MATTHEW H.
CARPENTER.--HIS DOUBLE LOAD OF WORK.--CARL

SCHURZ.--ALLEN G. THURMAN.--WILLIAM G.
BROWNLOW.--THOMAS FRANCIS BAYARD.--GOVERNOR
FENTON.--WILLIAM A. BUCKINGHAM.--DANIEL D. PRATT.--
JOHN SCOTT.--JOHN P. STOCKTON.--SOUTHERN
REPRESENTATION COMPLETE.-- CHARACTER OF SENATORS
AND REPRESENTATIVES.--UNJUST ABUSE.--SOUTHERN
RESISTANCE TO CARPET-BAG RULE.--ADMISSION OF A
COLORED SENATOR.--HIRAM B. REVELS OF
MISSISSIPPI.--SUCCESSOR TO JEFFERSON DAVIS.--THE
MORAL OF IT.--PRESIDENT GRANT AND THE
TENURE-OF-OFFICE ACT.--HOUSE VOTES TO REPEAL THE
ACT.--DELAY IN SENATE.--POSITION OF MR. TRUMBULL, MR.
EDMUNDS, AND MR. SCHURZ.--DISAGREEMENT BETWEEN
SENATE AND HOUSE.-- CONFERENCE
COMMITTEE.--PRACTICAL REPEAL OF THE ACT.--DEATH OF
WILLIAM PITT FESSENDEN.--HIS CHARACTER.
CHAPTER XIX.
EVENTS OF INTEREST.--IN DIPLOMACY AND
RECONSTRUCTION.--THE DOMINICAN
REPUBLIC.--ANNEXATION TREATY.--DEFEATED BY
SENATE.--PRESIDENT GRANT RENEWS THE
EFFORT.--COMMISSION SENT TO SAN DOMINGO.--THEIR
REPORT.-- OPPOSITION OF MR. SUMNER.--THE PRESIDENT
AND MR. SUMNER--RECONSTRUCTION MEASURES
COMPLETED.--VIRGINIA, MISSISSIPPI AND
TEXAS.--RE-ADMITTED TO REPRESENTATION.--PECULIAR
CASE OF GEORGIA.--HER RECONSTRUCTION
POSTPONED.--LAST STATE RE-ADMITTED TO
REPRESENTATION.--FIFTEENTH
AMENDMENT.--ADOPTED.---PROCLAIMED MARCH 30,
1870.--PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE. --COURSE OF THE SOUTHERN
STATES.--HOSTILITY TO RECONSTRUCTION
GOVERNMENTS.--DETERMINATION TO BREAK THEM
DOWN.--MILITARY INTERPOSITION OF THE
GOVERNMENT.--KU-KLUX-KLANS.--VIOLENCE IN THE

SOUTH.--LEGISLATION TO PREVENT IT.--DIFFICULT
TASK.--MOTIVE INSPIRING THE SOUTH.--CARPET- BAG
IMMIGRATION.--COTTON-REARING ORIGINAL
MOTIVE.--POLITICAL CONSEQUENCE.--DISABILITIES IN THE
SOUTH.--CAUSE THEREOF.-- RESPONSIBILITY OF SOUTHERN
STATES.--ORIGINAL MISTAKE OF THE SOUTH--THE AIMS OF
THE NORTH.
CHAPTER XX.
RESENTMENT AGAINST ENGLAND.--POPULAR FEELING IN
THE UNITED STATES.-- CONDUCT OF THE PALMERSTON
MINISTRY.--HOSTILE SPEECHES IN THE HOUSE OF
COMMONS.--MR. ROEBUCK.--LORD ROBERT
CECIL.--CONDUCT OF THE TORIES.--OF THE
LIBERALS.--CRITICISMS OF THE BRITISH PRESS.--SOUTH
COMPARED WITH IRELAND.--UNITED STATES DEMANDS
COMPENSATION.--REFUSED BY ENGLAND.--
NEGOTIATIONS.--JOHNSON-CLARENDON
TREATY.--REJECTED BY SENATE.-- CHARACTER OF
TREATY.--SPEECH OF MR. SUMNER.--POSITION OF
PRESIDENT GRANT.--NEGOTIATION CLOSED.--ENGLAND
ASKS THAT IT BE RE-OPENED.--JOINT HIGH
COMMISSION.--ITS DELIBERATIONS.--ITS BASIS OF
SETTLEMENT.--GENEVA AWARD.--PRIVATE CLAIMS
ADJUSTED.--THE SAN JUAN QUESTION.--ITS FINAL
SETTLEMENT.--HON. GEORGE BANCROFT.
CHAPTER XXI.
OPENING FORTY-SECOND CONGRESS.--DEPOSITION OF
CHARLES SUMNER FROM CHAIRMANSHIP OF FOREIGN
RELATIONS.--EXCITING DEBATE.--GRAVE INJUSTICE TO MR.
SUMNER.--DEMOCRATIC SENATORS OPPOSE THE ACT.--NEW
SENATORS.-- MATT W. RANSOM.--FRANK P. BLAIR,
JUN.--HENRY G. DAVIS--POWELL CLAYTON.
--ORGANIZATION OF THE HOUSE.--MR. BLAINE RE-ELECTED

SPEAKER.--DEMOCRATS CONTROL MORE THEN ONE-THIRD
OF HOUSE.--VALUABLE ACCESSIONS TO
MEMBERSHIP.--POLITICAL DISABILITIES.--REMOVED FROM
INDIVIDUALS.-- GENERAL AMNESTY
PROCLAIMED.--CIVIL-RIGHTS BILL.--COURSE OF COLORED
MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE.--THEIR JUSTICE AND
MAGNANIMITY.
CHAPTER XXII.
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION OF 1872.--LIBERAL REPUBLICAN
MOVEMENT.--ITS ORIGIN.--DIVISION IN MISSOURI.--GRATZ
BROWN, BLAIR, SCHURZ.--CONTEST IN NEW
YORK.--GREELEY, FENTON, CONKLING.--CONKLING'S
TRIUMPH.--LIBERAL REPUBLICAN CONVENTION.--MEETS AT
CINCINNATI.--NOMINATION OF MR.
GREELEY.--ADJUSTMENT OF TARIFF ISSUES.--CHAGRIN OF
FREE-TRADERS AND DEMOCRATS.--MR. GREELEY'S LETTER
OF ACCEPTANCE.--NATIONAL REPUBLICAN
CONVENTION.--MEETS IN PHILADELPHIA.--RENOMINATES
GENERAL GRANT.-- HENRY WILSON NOMINATED FOR
VICE-PRESIDENT.--DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL
CONVENTION.--MEETS IN BALTIMORE.--ENDORSES
GREELEY AND BROWN.--ACCEPTS THE CINCINNATI
PLATFORM.--MR. GREELEY'S LETTER OF
ACCEPTANCE.--CONTEST BETWEEN GRANT AND
GREELEY.--CHARACTER OF MR. GREELEY.--HIS STRENGTH
AND HIS WEAKNESS.--NORTH CAROLINA
ELECTION.--CLAIMED BY BOTH SIDES.-- FAVORABLE TO
REPUBLICANS.--SEPTEMBER ELECTIONS.--REPUBLICAN
GAINS.-- NOMINATION OF O'CONNOR AND ADAMS.--MR.
GREELEY'S WESTERN TOUR.--OCTOBER
ELECTIONS.--STRONG NOMINATION FOR STATE
OFFICERS.--ENORMOUS MAJORITIES FOR GENERAL
GRANT.--HIS OVERWHELMING ELECTION.--DEATH OF MR.
GREELEY.

CHAPTER XXIII.
PRESIDENT GRANT'S SECOND INAUGURATION.--COMPLAINS
OF PARTISAN ABUSE.-- ORGANIZATION OF FORTY-THIRD
CONGRESS.--PROMINENT MEMBERS OF SENATE AND
HOUSE.--DEATH OF CHARLES SUMNER.--IMPRESSIVE
FUNERAL CEREMONIES.-- SINGULAR REMINISCENCE BY MR.
DAVIS.--SPEECH BY MR. LAMAR.--CAREER OF ALEXANDER
H. STEPHENS.--GOVERNMENT OF DISTRICT OF
COLUMBIA.--RADICAL CHANGE.--GREAT
IMPROVEMENT.--ALEXANDER R. SHEPHERD.--REPUBLICAN
REVERSE, 1874.--DEMOCRATIC HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES.--MICHAEL C. KERR,
SPEAKER.--MEMBERS OF SENATE AND HOUSE.--RADICAL
CHANGES.--ANDREW JOHNSON IN THE SENATE.--HIS
SPEECH.--DIES AT HIS HOME IN TENNESSEE.-- CONDITION
OF THE SOUTH.--AMNESTY.--AMENDMENT TO EXCEPT
JEFFERSON DAVIS. --BILL DEFEATED.
CHAPTER XXIV.
THE PUBLIC CREDIT.--FIRST LAW ENACTED UNDER
PRESIDENT GRANT.-- DEMOCRATIC
OPPOSITION.--THURMAN, GARRETT DAVIS,
BAYARD.--PRESIDENT GRANT'S FIRST MESSAGE.--FUNDING
BILLS DISCUSSED.--ACTION OF BOTH
HOUSES.--DEBATES.--FURTHER REDUCTION OF
REVENUE.--PREMIUM ON GOLD.-- MEETING OF
FORTY-SECOND CONGRESS.--FINANCIAL
DEBATES.--FINANCIAL PANIC OF 1873.--FORTY-THIRD
CONGRESS MEETS.--PRESIDENT GRANT'S POSITION.--
ABOLITION OF MOIETIES.--SPECIE
PAYMENTS.--RESUMPTION ACT.--SPECIAL MESSAGE OF THE
PRESIDENT.--ADMISSION OF COLORADO.--DEATH OF
SPEAKER KERR.--SAMUEL J. RANDALL HIS SUCCESSOR.
CHAPTER XXV.

PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION OF 1876.--REPUBLICAN
CANDIDATES FOR NOMINATION.-- CONVENTION AT
CINCINNATI, JUNE 14, 1876.--REPUBLICAN PLATFORM.--
BALLOTING.--NOMINATION OF HAYES AND
WHEELER.--DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL
CONVENTION.--SAMUEL J. TILDEN THE PRINCIPAL
CANDIDATE.--HIS CAREER.-- OTHER DEMOCRATIC
CANDIDATES.--TILDEN AND HENDRICKS NOMINATED.--
DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM.--THE CANVASS.--THE
RESULT.--DOUBTFUL STATE.-- POPULAR
EXCITEMENT.--DISPUTE IN LOUISIANA, FLORIDA, SOUTH
CAROLINA.-- PRESIDENT GRANT'S COURSE.--A PORTENTOUS
QUESTION.--ELECTORAL
COMMISSION.--MEMBERS.--QUESTIONS BEFORE
THEM.--DECISION.--HAYES AND WHEELER
ELECTED.--SUBSEQUENT INVESTIGATION.--POTTER
COMMISSION.-- DISCOVERY OF TELEGRAMS.--ATTEMPTS AT
BRIBERY IN THE SOUTH.
CHAPTER XXVI.
INAUGURATION OF PRESIDENT HAYES.--HIS SOUTHERN
POLICY.--APPOINTMENT OF HIS CABINET.--ORGANIZATION
OF SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.--RE-
ELECTION OF SPEAKER RANDALL.--SILVER
DISCUSSION.--COINAGE OF SILVER DOLLAR.--REPORT OF
SILVER COMMISSION.--DISCUSSION ON SILVER QUESTION.--
PRODUCT OF SILVER AND GOLD.--THIRTY-TWO YEARS OF
EACH.--NAVIGATION INTERESTS.--LOSS OF GROUND BY THE
UNITED STATES.--REASON THEREFOR.-- HOW CAN IT BE
REGAINED?
CHAPTER XXVII.
THE QUESTION OF THE FISHERIES.--ORIGIN OF AMERICAN
RIGHTS.--EARLY DISPUTES.--TREATY OF 1782.--TREATY OF
GHENT.--TREATY OF 1818.-- RECIPROCITY TREATY.--JOINT

HIGH COMMISSION.--FISHERIES QUESTION TO BE
ARBITRATED.--SELECTION OF
ARBITRATORS.--NEGOTIATION FOR RECIPROCITY
TREATY.--THE HALIFAX AWARD.--ITS LARGE
AMOUNT.--DISSATISFACTION.-- ACTION OF
SENATE.--CORRESPONDENCE WITH THE BRITISH
GOVERNMENT.--MR. EVARTS AND LORD SALISBURY.
CHAPTER XXVIII.
FORTY-SIXTH CONGRESS.--EXTRA
SESSION.--ORGANIZATION OF HOUSE.--OF
SENATE.--LEADING MEN IN EACH.--DEMOCRATIC GAIN IN
INFLUENCE.--CONTROL OF BOTH SENATE AND
HOUSE.--DEATH OF SENATOR CHANDLER.--QUESTION OF
CIVIL SERVICE REFORM.--THE PATRONAGE OF