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letter from General Grant respecting fourth 

 section of these instructions, 50 ; orders relative 

 to the sale of lands or crops, 51 ; informal 

 meeting of Legislature, 51 ; Legislature asks per- 

 mission to finish its business, 51 ; request de- 

 nied, 51 ; General Ord issues circular, threaten- 

 ing removal of officers thwarting reconstruction, 

 51 ; office of Constitutional Eagle destroyed by 

 Federal soldiers, 51 ; report of the affair by Colo- 

 nel Gilbert, 51 ; General Ord's reply, 52 ; Captain 

 Pierce tried by court-martial and reprimanded, 

 52; additional orders relative to registration, 

 52 ; extension of time for registration, 52 ; cir- 

 cular to various officers directing them to fur- 

 nish names of persons for judges of election, 

 52 ; orders respecting trial of criminals, 53 ; 

 armed organizations prohibited, 53 ; exiles from 

 Southern States required to report at head- 

 quarters, 53 ; number of delegates, 53 ; views 

 of the whites on registration, 53 ; number of 

 voters registered, 53 ; order for an election, 

 53 ; oath of members of convention, 54 ; orders 

 respecting inflammatory speeches to freedmen, 

 55 ; result of the election, 55 ; public meeting 

 at Little Rock, to initiate the movement against 

 negro supremacy, 55; Boards of Arbitration, 

 55; directions to collectors of revenue, 55; 

 carrying of concealed weapons prohibited, 55 ; 

 writs of habeas corpus to be respected, 55 ; pe- 

 tition of citizens of Chicot County asking pro- 

 tection, 55 ; County Courts directed to provide 

 for the poor, 56; freedmen required to earn 

 their support, 56 ; General Ord relieved, 56 ; 

 agriculture, 56 ; cotton and grain, 56. 



VIII. Judicial proceedings, when to be sus- 

 pended, 32 ; orders of General Gillem relating 

 thereto, 33 ; preparations for a new State con- 

 stitution, 33; convention, 33; speech of the 

 negro delegate Cypert, 33, 34; free negroes 

 not represented is the mistake of the past age, 

 34; their votes, 34; intermarriages, 34; the 

 new constitution, 34 ; bill of rights, 35 ; fran- 

 chise, 35 ; education, 35 ; mode of ratification, 

 35 ; provisions for the election of members of 

 the Legislature, 35; pay of the convention, 

 35 ; adjournment, 35 ; protest of the members, 

 36 ; their address to the people, 36 ; removal 

 of municipal officers of Little Rock, 37 ; the 

 correspondence, 37 ; order for the disposition 

 of troops, 37; polls kept open frauds, 37; 

 constitution ratified, 38 ; votes, 38 ; report of 

 commanding officer, 38 ; meeting of the Legis- 

 lature, 38 ; public buildings closed against them, 



38 ; forcibly opened, 38 ; the State admitted to 

 representation in Congress, 39 ; jurisdiction 

 turned over to the civil authorities, 39 ; orders 

 of General Gillem, 39 ; disturbances, 39 ; proc- 

 lamation of the Governor, 39 ; martial law in 

 ten counties, 40 ; action of the Legislature, 40 ; 

 finances, 40 ; assessments, 40 ; taxes, 40 ; vote 

 for President, 40; bill to admit, 169; protest, 

 175. 



IX. History, 24; settlement, 25; Little 

 Rock, 25 ; meeting of the General Assembly, 

 26 ; opposition of citizens to martial law, 26 ; 

 resolutions adopted in Orittenden County, 26 ; 

 restoration of civil authority, 26 ; Legislature 

 sustains action of the Governor in declaring 

 martial law, 26 ; losses sustained by citizens on 

 account of martial law, 27 ; Court of Claims to 

 adjudicate demands, 27 ; bill for funding the 

 State debt, 27; opposition thereto, 27; real- 

 estate bank bonds, 27 ; funding bill passed, 28 ; 

 common schools, 28; internal improvements, 

 28; State aid to railroads, 29; taxation, 29; 

 political excitement, 29 ; rupture in the Repub- 

 lican party, 30 ; resolutions condemning the 

 policy of the State administration and Legisla- 

 ture, 30 ; ratification of the fifteenth amend- 

 ment, 30. 



X. State lands, 29; homestead law, 29; 

 immigration, 29 ; statement of finances, 29 ; 

 school fund, 30 ; State debt, 30 ; school statis- 

 tics, 30 ; charitable and penal institutions, 30 $ 

 State aid to railroads, 31 ; railroad projects, 

 31 ; congressional campaign, 31 ; Democratic 

 resolutions, 31 ; Republican resolutions, 31 ; 

 registration, 32 ; election results, 32 ; Federal 

 census by counties, 32. 



XL Meeting of Legislature, 28 ; election of 

 United States Senator, 28 ; attempt to impeach 

 Lieutenant- Governor, 28; proceedings against 

 him in Supreme Court, 28, 29 ; impeachment 

 of Governor Clayton, 29 ; message to Legisla- 

 ture, 30 ; impeachment of Chief -Justice, 30 ; 

 action of Senate on impeachment, 30, 31 ; de- 

 cision of Supreme Court in case of Lieuten- 

 ant-Go vernor, 31 ; Governor Clayton declines 

 United States senatorship, 31 ; action of Legis- 

 lature on, 31, 32 ; failure of impeachment, 32 ; 

 resignation of Lieutenant-Governor, 32 ; Gov- 

 ernor Clayton again elected United States Sen- 

 ator, 32 ; action of Legislature on disabilities, 

 32 ; proposed amendment to constitution, 32, 

 33; registration law, 33, 34; financial and 

 other acts, 34, 35 ; new counties, 35 ; elec- 



