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CHAPTER XIX.
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EVENTS OF INTEREST.-IN DIPLOMACY and ReconSTRUCTION. -THE DOMINICAN RE-
PUBLIC.- 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.-RECONSTRUC-
TION 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 MES-
SAGE.- COURSE OF THE SOUTHERN STATES.-HOSTILITY TO RECONSTRUCTED
GOVERNMENTS. DETERMINATION TO break them DOWN. — MILITARY INTER-
POSITION 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
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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 SET-
TLEMENT.GENEVA AWARD. THE THREE RULES. - ENGLAND'S COURSE IN
REGARD THERETO. - PRIVATE CLAIMS ADJUSTED. THE San Juan QUESTION.
ITS FINAL SETTLEMENT.-HON. GEORGE Bancroft
OPENING FORTY-SECOND CONGRESS. - Deposition of CHARLES SUMNER FROM CHAIR-
MANSHIP 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 THAN ONE-THIRD OF HOUSE. - VALUABLE AC-
CESSIONS TO MEMBERSHIP. - POLITICAL DISABILITIES. REMOVED FROM INDI-
VIDUALS. GENERAL AMNESTY PROPOSED. - CIVIL-RIGHTS BILL.-COURSE OF
COLORED MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE. THEIR JUSTICE AND MAGNANIMITY.
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION OF 1872. — LIBEral RepubliCAN MOVEMENT. — ITS ORIGIN.
-DIVISION IN MISSOURI. GRATZ BROWN, BLAIR, SCHurz.
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 REPUB-
LICAN CONVENTION. MEETS IN PHILADELPHIA. · RENOMINATES GENERAL
· DEMOCRATIO
GRANT. HENRY WILSON NOMINATED FOR VICE-PRESIDENT.
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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 ELEC-
TIONS.REPUBLICAN GAINS. NOMINATION OF O'CONNOR AND ADAMS. - MR.
GREELEY'S WESTERN TOUR. - OCTOBER ELECTIONS. STRONG NOMINATIONS
FOR STATE OFFICERS. ENORMOUS MAJORITIES FOR GENERAL GRANT. - HIS
OVERWHELMING ELECTION.—DEATH OF MR. GREELEY.
CHAPTER XXIII.
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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 CEREMO-
NIES. SINGULAR REMINISCENCE BY MR. DAWES. - 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 REPRE-
SENTATIVES. MICHAEL C. KERR, SPEAKER. - MEMBERS OF SENATE AND
HOUSE. - RADICAL CHANGES. ANDREW JOHNSON IN
- HIS
THE SENATE.
SPEECH. DIES AT HIS HOME IN TENNESSEE. - CONDITION OF THE SOUTH.-
AMNESTY. AMENDMENT TO EXCEPT JEFFERSON DAVIS.-BILL DEFEATED
THE PUBLIC CREDIT.-FIRST LAW ENACTED UNDER PRESIDENT GRANT.-DEMO-
CRATIC OPPOSITION. THURMAN, GARRETT DAVIS, BAYARD.
GRANT'S FIRST MESSAGE. - FUNDING BILLS DISCUSSED.
HOUSES. DEBATES. — FURTHER REDUCTION OF REVENUE.
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. RESUMP-
TION ACT.-SPECIAL MESSAGE OF THE PRESIDENT. — ADMISSION OF COLORADO.
— DEATH OF SPEAKER KERB. — SAMUEL J. RANDALL HIS SUCCESSOR
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION OF 1876.-REPUblican CandiDATES FOR NOMINATION.—
CONVENTION At Cincinnati, JUNE 14, 1876. - REPUBLICAN PLATFORM.-BAL-
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 StateS.
-POPULAR EXCITEMENT. — DISPUTE IN LOUISIANA, FLORIDA, SOUTH CAROLINA.
PRESIDENT GRANT'S COURSE. A PORTENTOUS QUESTION.
QUESTIONS BEFORE THEM.
AND WHEELER ELECTED.— SUBSEQUENT INVESTIGATION. - POTTER COMMITTEE.
- DISCOVERY OF TELEGRAMS. — ÅTTEMPTS AT BRIBERY IN THE SOUTH
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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. — COLNAGE OF
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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.—REA-
- How CAN IT BE REGAINED?.
SON THEREFOR.
CHAPTER XXVII.
THE QUESTION OF THE FISHERIES. — ORIGIN OF AMERICAN RIGHTS. EARLY DIS-
PUTES. TREATY OF 1782.-TREATY OF GHENT.-TREATY OF 1818.-RECI-
PROCITY 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.
CONTROL
QUESTION
FORTY-SIXTH CONGRESS.-EXTRA SESSIONS. — ORGANIZATION OF HOUSE. — OF SEN-
ATE. LEADing Men in EACH.-DEMOCRATIC GAIN IN INFLUENCE.
OF BOTH SENATE AND HOUSE. DEATH OF SENATOR CHANDLER.
OF CIVIL SERVICE REFORM. THE PATRONAGE OF THE GOVERNMENT. — ITS
ILLEGITIMATE INFLUENCE. -THE QUESTION OF CHINESE LABOR. — LEGISLA-
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION OF 1880.-THIRD TERM SUGGESTED. — CHICAGO CONVEN-
TION.-EXCITING CONTEST.-MANY BALLOTINGS. -NOMINATION OF GENERAL
GARFIELD. - DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION. - NOMINATION OF GENERAL HANCOCK.
-THE CONTEST. THE RESULT. THE SOLID SOUTH. - ITS MEANING. - ITS
EFFECT. ITS END. - REVIEW OF THE TWENTY YEARS. — PROGRESS OF THE
PEOPLE.-MAJESTY OF THE REPUBLIC