Twenty Years of Congress, Volume 2

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Twenty Years of Congress, Volume 2 (of 2), by

James Gillespie Blaine
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Title: Twenty Years of Congress, Volume 2 (of 2) From Lincoln to Garfield, with a Review of the Events Which Led to the Political Revolution of 1860
Author: James Gillespie Blaine

Release Date: December 8, 2006 [eBook #20065]
Language: English
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Transcriber's note:
The chapter summaries in the Table of Contents are repeated in the text at the start of each chapter.
Footnotes are at the end of the chapter (or section of a Table of Congress), referenced by parenthesized numbers, e.g. (1).
The capitalization of hyphenated words is inconsistent, following the text, as is the use of the comma in lists.
The tables of the 39th and 40th Congresses are moved to the Appendices.
Line 2874: "gauge of battle" changed to "gage of battle"
Line 12981: missing numerator in "3/10" supplied from preceding text.
Non-standard spellings: domicil; hinderance; cotemporary]

TWENTY YEARS OF CONGRESS:
From Lincoln to Garfield
With a Review of the Events Which Led to the Political Revolution of 1860.
by
JAMES G. BLAINE.
Volume II.

Norwich, Conn.: The Henry Bill Publishing Company. 1886. Copyright, 1884, by James G. Blaine. All rights reserved.
Electrotyped and Printed By Rand, Avery, and Company, Boston, Mass

CONTENTS OF VOLUME II.
CHAPTER I.
ANDREW JOHNSON INSTALLED AS PRESIDENT.--CABINET AND SENATORS WITNESSES TO THE CEREMONY.--RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE NEW PRESIDENT DELICATE IN CHARACTER.--REQUIRING THE HIGHEST ORDER OF STATESMANSHIP.--THE QUESTION OF RECONSTRUCTION.--ITS PECULIAR DIFFICULTIES.--NEW AND PERPLEXING QUESTIONS.--CHARACTER AND CAREER OF MR. JOHNSON.--BORN IN NORTH CAROLINA.--MIGRATES TO TENNESSEE.--HIS RAPID PROMOTION IN THAT STATE.-- A TAILOR BY TRADE.--WITHOUT EDUCATION--TAUGHT TO READ AT FIFTEEN.-- MAYOR OF TOWN AT TWENTY-TWO.--IN THE LEGISLATURE AT TWENTY-SEVEN.-- PRESIDENTIAL ELECTOR IN 1840 AT THIRTY-TWO.--IN CONGRESS AT THIRTY- FIVE.--GOVERNOR FROM 1853 TO 1857.--HIS HOMESTEAD POLICY.--NECESSARY ANTAGONISM WITH SLAVERY.--HIS IDEAL OF A RURAL POPULATION.--BOLDNESS OF HIS POLITICAL COURSE IN TENNESSEE.--HIS LOYALTY TO THE UNION.-- SEPARATES FROM THE DEMOCRATIC CONSPIRATORS.--HIS CAREER IN THE CIVIL WAR.--APPOINTED MILITARY GOVERNOR OF TENNESSEE.--HIS ABLE ADMINISTRATION OF THE OFFICE.--FORESHADOWS A SEVERE POLICY AS PRESIDENT.--CONTRAST WITH MR. LINCOLN.--ANALYSIS OF JOHNSON'S POSITION. --HIS BRIEF INAUGURAL ADDRESS.--EFFECT PRODUCED BY IT.--HIS ADDRESS TO AN ILLINOIS DELEGATION.--SIGNIFICANT INDICATION OF A HARSH POLICY TOWARDS THE REBELS.--PRESTON KING'S INFLUENCE.--PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS TO A CHRISTIAN COMMISSION.--TO LOYAL SOUTHERNERS.--TO A PENNSYLVANIA DELEGATION.--PRESIDENT'S TONE GROWS STERNER TOWARDS "TRAITORS."-- STRIKING CONVERSATION WITH SENATOR WADE.--FUNERAL CEREMONIES OF THE LATE PRESIDENT.--REMAINS CARRIED TO ILLINOIS.--IMPRESSIVE SCENE IN BALTIMORE.--IN PHILADELPHIA.--BODY REPOSES IN INDEPENDENCE HALL.-- CONTRAST WITH FOUR YEARS BEFORE.--UNPARALLELED DISPLAY OF FEELING IN NEW YORK.--ORATION BY GEORGE BANCROFT.--ELEGIAC ODE BY WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT.--INTERMENT IN ILLINOIS.--CEREMONIES COMPARED WITH THOSE OF ROYALTY.--PROFOUND FEELING THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY.--PUBLIC MANIFESTATION OF MOURNING.
CHAPTER II.
MILITARY REVIEW IN HONOR OF UNION VICTORY.--THE EASTERN AND WESTERN ARMIES.--THEIR GREAT ACHIEVEMENTS.--SPECIAL INTEREST.--NUMBER OF BATTLES DURING THE WAR.--NUMBER EACH YEAR.--STRUGGLE OF 1861-65.-- DISCIPLINE OF THE ARMY.--MORAL RESPONSIBILITY OF CONTINUING THE CONTEST.--NEEDLESS SLAUGHTER OF MEN.--CONFEDERATE RESPONSIBILITY.-- SPEECH OF ROBERT M. T. HUNTER, FOLLOWED BY JUDAH P. BENJAMIN.-- EXTREME MEASURES ADVOCATED BY HIM.--HIS OVER-ZEAL.--MR. BENJAMIN SEEKS REFUGE IN ENGLAND.--HIS SUCCESS THERE DUE TO ENGLISH SYMPATHY WITH THE REBELLION.--HIS MALIGNITY TOWARDS THE UNION.--SOUTHERN CHARACTER.--ITS STRONG POINTS AND ITS WEAK POINTS.--CONDUCT OF CONFEDERATE CONGRESS.-- THEIR INFLAMMATORY ADDRESS.--ITS EXTRAVAGANCE AND ABSURDITY.--JEFFERSON DAVIS'S ADDRESS TO CONGRESS.--HIS LACK OF MORAL COURAGE.--DISBANDMENT OF UNION ARMY, 1,00,516 MEN.--ANOTHER MILLION GONE BEFORE.--SELF- SUPPORT AND SELF-ADJUSTMENT.--COMPARISON WITH THE ARMY OF THE REVOLUTION.--UNION OFFICERS ALL YOUNG MEN.--AGES OF OFFICERS IN OTHER WARS.--AGES OF REGULAR ARMY OFFICERS.--OF VOLUNTEER OFFICERS.--HARMONY OF THE TWO.--SPECIAL EFFICIENCY OF THE VOLUNTEERS.--MAGNITUDE OF THE UNION ARMY.--THE INFANTRY, CAVALRY, ARTILLERY.--NUMBER OF GENERALS.-- NUMBER OF REGIMENTS.--MILITARY RESOURCES OF THE REPUBLIC.--ITS SECURITY IN TIME OF DANGER.
CHAPTER III.
THE RECONSTRUCTION PROBLEM.--THE PRESIDENT'S PUBLIC ADDRESSES.--TIME FOR ACTION ARRIVED.--PROCLAMATION DECLARING HOSTILITIES CEASED.--MANNER OF DEALING WITH INSURRECTIONARY STATES.--MR. LINCOLN'S FIRST EFFORTS AT RECONSTRUCTION.--ELECTION IN LOUISIANA.--FLANDERS AND HAHN.--MR. LINCOLN'S NOTE TO GENERAL SHEPLEY.--TO CUTHBERT BULLETT.--MR. LINCOLN'S DEFINITE PLAN.--"ONE-TENTH" OF VOTERS TO ORGANIZE LOYAL STATE GOVERNMENT.--FREE-STATE CONVENTION IN LOUISIANA.--MICHAEL HAHN ELECTED GOVERNOR.--CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION.--MR. LINCOLN'S CONGRATULATIONS.-- SIMILAR ACTION IN ARKANSAS.--ISAAC MURPHY ELECTED GOVERNOR.-- REPRESENTATION IN CONGRESS DENIED TO THESE STATES.--MR. SUMNER'S RESOLUTION.--ADOPTED BY SENATE.--SIMILAR ACTION IN HOUSE.--CONFLICT BETWEEN THE PRESIDENT AND CONGRESS.--CONGRESSIONAL PLAN OF RECONSTRUCTION.--THREE FUNDAMENTAL CONDITIONS.--BILL PASSED JULY 4, 1864.--NOT APPROVED BY THE PRESIDENT.--HIS REASONS GIVEN IN A PUBLIC PROCLAMATION.--SENATOR WADE AND H. WINTER DAVIS CRITICISE THE PROCLAMATION.--THEIR PROTEST.--SUBSEQUENT RESOLUTION OF CONGRESS.--THE PRESIDENT'S REPLY TO IT.--MR. LINCOLN'S PROBABLE COURSE ON THE SUBJECT OF RECONSTRUCTION.--RECONSTRUCTION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF TENNESSEE.--THE QUICK PROCESS OF DOING.--RATIFIED BY POPULAR VOTE, 25,293 TO 48.-- PARSON BROWNLOW CHOSEN GOVERNOR.--PATTERSON AND FOWLER ELECTED SENATORS.--JOHNSON'S INAUGURATION AS VICE-PRESIDENT.--HIS SPEECH.--WERE THE REBEL STATES OUT OF THE UNION?--JOHNSON'S VIEWS.--MR. LINCOLN'S VIEWS.--RADICAL AND CONSERVATIVE.--EXTRA SESSION DEBATED.--ADVERSE DECISION.--ILL-LUCK OF EXTRA SESSIONS.
CHAPTER IV.
PRESIDENT JOHN AND THE CABINET.--EFFECT OF VICE-PRESIDENT'S ACCESSION.