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agrarian expectations of freedinen, 518 ; armed 

 conspiracies and their suppression, 518 ; Gov- 

 ernor's proclamation and General Ord's or- 

 der on conduct of freedmen, 518, 519; fur- 

 ther measure to suppress conspiracies, 519 ; re- 

 sult of the election, 519; convention ordered, 

 520 ; arrest of the editor of a newspaper, 520 ; 

 his trial by military commission, 520 ; appeal 

 to United States Supreme Court, 520 ; Univer- 

 sity of Mississippi, 520; asks the Supreme 

 Court to restrain the President from carrying 

 out the reconstruction law, 737. 



VIII. Vigor of military rule relaxed, 506 ; 

 orders, 506 ; delusions of freedmen, 506 ; con- 

 vention to frame a constitution, 506 ; the Con- 

 servative element, 506 ; memorial to Congress 

 for power to declare civil offices vacant, 507 ; 

 protest, 507 ; extract, 507 ; proclamation of the 

 Governor relative to conspiracies to seize State 

 lands, 508 ; his statement, 508 ; state of the 

 Treasury, 508 ; relief measures, 508 ; the con- 

 stitution, 509; Bill of Rights, 509; suffrage 

 qualifications, 509 ; political equality, 510 ; ef- 

 forts to effect a compromise, 510; school sys- 

 tem, 510 ; lotteries, 510 ; preparations for elec- 

 tion, 510 ; ordinance relative to contracts, 511 ; 

 opposition convention, 511 ; resolutions, 511 ; 

 action of the Democrats, 511 ; Republican plat- 

 form, 511 ; Democratic Convention, 511 ; res- 

 olution on the enormities of the radical party, 

 512 ; disclaimer as to slavery, 512 ; resolutions 

 on the Constitutional Convention, 512 ; address 

 to associations, 513 ; another convention, 513 ; 

 address to freedmen, 513 ; military order as 

 to elections, 513 ; McDowell in command, 514 ; 

 order removing State officers, 514 ; resistance 

 of the Governor, 514; correspondence with 

 the Provisional Governor, 514, 515 ; results of 

 the election, 515 ; failure of the constitution, 

 515 ; proposal to choose presidential electors 

 forbidden, 516 ; claims of the Republicans, 516 ; 

 statements, 516 ; resolutions, 516 ; convention 

 of land-owners, 516. 



IX. Condition of the State at the beginning 

 of the year, 454 ; rejection of the constitution 

 framed under the congressional acts of 1867, 

 454 ; Congress is urged to declare the adoption 

 of the constitution, 454 ; the case before the 

 Reconstruction Committee, 454 ; proposed plan 

 for completing the reconstruction of the State, 

 454 ; views of the Democrats, 454 ; report of 

 the Reconstruction Committee to the House, 

 455 ; change of military commanders, 455 ; res- 



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olution passed by Congress providing for the 

 removal from office of those unable to take the 

 test-oath, 455 ; military order for the enforce- 

 ment of the resolution, 455 ; message of Presi- 

 dent Grant to Congress recommending that an 

 election be held in Mississippi, 455 ; passage of 

 a bill for this purpose, 455 ; provisions of the 

 bill, 455 ; the State under military rule, 455 ; 

 order of General Ames making colored persons 

 competent to serve on juries, 455 ; spirited po- 

 litical canvass, 456 ; the parties, 456 ; forma- 

 tion of the Conservative Republican party, 

 456; views of ex-Governor Brown on the state 

 of affairs, 456 ; Judge Dent the leader of the 

 new party, 456 ; circular calling a meeting of 

 those in sympathy with the new movement, 

 456 ; meeting of the convention, 457; the res- 

 olutions, 457 ; address issued to the people and 

 a call for a State Nominating Convention, 457 ; 

 Judge Dent consents to stand as candidate for 

 Governor, 457 ; President Grant does not sym- 

 pathize with the Conservatives, 457 ; his letter 

 to Judge Dent, 457 ; reply of Judge Dent, 457 ; 

 meeting of the Nominating Convention, 458 ; 

 proceedings, 458 ; nominations, 458 ; meeting 

 of the Radical Republican Convention, 458; 

 the platform, 458 ; address to the people, 458; 

 the nominations, 458; course of the Demo- 

 crats, 458 ; address to the people urging coop- 

 eration with the Conservative Republicans, 

 459 ; views of the Democrats, 459 ; action of 

 the Democratic Executive Committee, 459; 

 convention of a small minority of the Demo- 

 cratic party, resolutions, 459 ; character of the 

 canvass, 459 ; proclamation of President Grant 

 fixing the day of election, and specifying the 

 sections of the constitution to be submitted to 

 a separate vote, 459 ; military order contain- 

 ing directions for the conduct of the election, 

 460 ; power of the Board of Registrars, 460 ; 

 detailed regulations for conducting the election, 

 460 ; results of the election, 461 ; military or- 

 der of General Ames appointing State officers, 

 461 ; General Alcorn declines the position of 

 Provisional Governor, 462; meeting of the 

 Legislature, 462 ; ratification of the fourteenth 

 and fifteenth amendments, 462; election of 

 United States Senators, 462 ; adjournment of 

 the Legislature, 462 ; readmission of Mississippi 

 into the Union, 462 ; case of Edward M. Yerger, 

 462; decision of Chief -Justice Chase, 463; 

 material interests, 463. 

 X. State government commenced, 511; Gov- 



