CHAPTER XVIII

THE FOURTEENTH AMENDMENT

The Joint Committee on Reconstruction reports the Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution--It holds that the seceding states cannot be restored to their former places in the Union by the executive alone--Tennessee admitted to the Union by Congress--The Arm-in-Arm Convention at Philadelphia--President Johnson's unfortunate speech following that event--The Southern States refuse to ratify the Fourteenth Amendment--This refusal gives increased power to the radicals in the North 281