Reconstruction and the Constitution, 1866-1876

The Conception of a "State" in a System of Federal Government--The Different Kinds of Local Government Provided for in the Constitution of the United States--Local Government Un...

Did Mr. Lincoln Have any Theory of Reconstruction?--Mr. Lincoln's Plan--Mr. Lincoln's Oath of Allegiance, and the Loyal Class to be Created by the Taking of this Oath--The Provi...

The Character of Mr. Johnson--The Radical Nature of Johnson's First Views on Reconstruction--The Retention of Lincoln's Cabinet by Mr. Johnson and the Modification of Johnson's...

The Stevens Resolution--Legislation of the Reconstructed "States" Concerning the Status of the Freedmen, and the Freedmen's Bureau--Vagrancy, Apprenticeship, and Civil Rights in...

The Freedmen Codes in the South--The Reports of Grant and Schurz in Regard to the Status in the South--The Freedmen's Bureau Bill of 1866--The President's 22d of February Speech...

The Reports of the Committee on Reconstruction--The Idea of a New Electorate as the Basis and Condition of Reconstruction--The Freedmen's Bureau Act of July 16th, 1866--The Disa...

Negro Suffrage in the District of Columbia--The First Attempts at Impeachment--Stories of Outrages at the South--The Reconstruction Bill--Passage of the Bill by the House--The B...

The Attempt to Prevent the Execution of the Reconstruction Acts in Mississippi and Georgia--The Case of Mississippi vs. Johnson--The Case of Georgia vs. Stanton--The Operations...

Grant in the War Office--The President's Message of December 3d, 1867--The President's Special Message Concerning the Suspension of Stanton--The Senate Resolution in Regard to t...

The McCardle Case--The Congressional Acts Admitting the Senators- and Representatives-elect from the Reconstructed "States" to Seats in Congress--The Veto of these Bills by the...

The Situation at the Moment of Grant's Accession to Power--The Georgia Question--The Attitude of the New President toward Reconstruction--The Virginia Case--Grant's Message to C...

Escape of Virginia, Georgia and Texas from Negro Rule--North Carolina's Rapid Recovery from Negro Rule--The Loyal League--Origin of the K. K. K.'s--Methods of the Ku-Klux--Perio...

The Republican National Convention of 1876--The Platform--The Nominees--The National Democratic Convention of 1876--The Platform--The Nominees--The Campaign and the Election--Th...

The Purchase of Alaska--The Contention of the House of Representatives in Regard to its Power over Treaties--The Senate's Position and the Compromise--Irritation of the American...