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728 ; action on the disfranchisement bill, 728 ; 

 the test-oath, 728 ; special session of the Leg- 

 islature, 728 ; application to the Federal Gov- 

 ernment for a military force, 729 ; arrest of 

 members, 729 ; forcing a quorum, 729 ; habeas 

 corpus, 729 ; views of the Governor, 729 ; uni- 

 versal suffrage and universal amnesty measure, 

 730 ; riot at Memphis, 730 ; report of General 

 Stoneman, 730 ; report of the city press, 731 ; 

 Union State Convention, 731 ; criminal trials, 

 732 ; movement in East Tennessee for a sepa- 

 rate State organization, 732 ; State debt, 732. 



VII. Military force asked for to restore 

 order, 705 ; General Thomas's reply to the de- 

 mand, 705 ; the State Guards, 705 ; Governor 

 Brownlow's order No. 1, 706 ; General Coop- 

 er appointed to the command of the Guards, 

 706 ; new franchise law, 706 ; sustained in the 

 Supreme Court, 706 ; Republican Convention, 

 706; Conservative Convention, 706; conven- 

 tion of colored Conservatives, 707; Radical 

 Convention of freedmen, 707; freedom of 

 speech in the political canvass, Brownlow's 

 views, 707 ; dispute as to the interpretation of 

 the franchise law, 707 ; interpretation of Con- 

 servative State Committee, 707; Governor 

 Brownlow's proclamation on the subject, 707; 

 Mr. Gant, of the committee, defends his inter- 

 pretation, but recommends acquiescence, 708 ; 

 registration and election orders of Brownlow, 

 708 ; complaints against the militia, 708 ; dis- 

 orders during the political campaign, 708; 

 orders to the United States military with ref- 

 erence to the election, 708 ; the result of the 

 election, 709; conflict of State and city au- 

 thorities regarding the Nashville municipal 

 election, 709; the State authorities sustained 

 by the military, 709 ; instructions from General 

 Grant to General Thomas, 709 ; other commu- 

 nications between Generals Grant and Thom- 

 as relative to apprehended disturbances, 709, 

 710 ; communication of Mayor Brown to Gen- 

 eral Thomas as to the course of the latter, 710 ; 

 General Thomas's reply, 710 ; the mayor's pub- 

 lic protest, 710; General Thomas's letter to 

 Mayor Brown thereon, 710 ; the election, 710; 

 Mr. Brown refuses to yield the office, 710 ; it 

 is taken by the military under order of Gov- 

 ernor Brownlow, 711; the action of the Leg- 

 islature, 711 ; the finances, 711 ; schools, 711 ; 

 the" Ku-klux Klan," 711. t 



VIII. Disturbed condition, 721 ; Republican 

 Convention, 721; Conservative Convention, 



721 ; resolutions, 721 ; Ku-klux Klan, 721 ; let- 

 ter of the Governor to General Thomas, and 

 reply, 721, 722 ; legislative session, 722 ; reso- 

 lutions of the Republican Convention, 722; 

 memorial of Confederate officers, 723; the 

 question of organizing the militia, 724; sec- 

 tions of the act, 724 ; act relative to the Ku- 

 klux, 724; committee sent to Washington, 

 724 ; reply of Secretary Schofield, 724 ; alle- 

 gations against the Governor, 725; finances 

 of the State, 725; proclamation of the Gov- 

 ernor, 725 ; penitentiary, 725. 



IX. State of society, 661 ; proclamation of 

 Governor Brownlow, calling out the State 

 Guards to suppress disorders, 661 ; military 

 order of General Cooper, 662 ; proclamation 

 of Governor Brownlow, declaring martial law, 

 662 ; efforts of the people to induce the Ex- 

 ecutive to withdraw the militia, 662 ; opening 

 of the political canvass, 662; disruption of 

 the Republican Convention, 662 ; nomination 

 of rival Republican candidates for Governor, 

 662 ; views of Mr. Stokes, 663 ; sentiments of 

 Governor Senter, 663 ; election results, 663 ; 

 decision of the Supreme Court denying the 

 power of the Governor to set aside registra- 

 tion of voters, 663 ; meeting of the Legisla- 

 ture, 664; composition thereof, 664; resolu- 

 tions in reference to the payment of the inter- 

 est on the public debt, 664 ; rejection of the 

 fifteenth amendment, 665; reasons therefor, 

 665; contest for election of United States 

 Senator, 665 ; election of Henry Cooper, 665 ; 

 discussion in the General Assembly in refer- 

 ence to calling a Constitutional Convention, 

 665 ; bill providing therefor, 665 ; spirited dis- 

 cussion as to the right of disfranchised citizens 

 to participate in the convention, 666 ; action 

 of the Senate, 666 ; passage of the bill, 666 ; 

 popular vote on the convention, 666 ; finances, 

 666. 



X. Population, 702 ; taxable property, 703 ; 

 value, 703 ; census results, 703 ; adoption of a 

 new constitution, 704 ; poll-tax, 704 ; right of 

 suffrage, 704 ; State Departments, 704 ; Legis- 

 lature, 704; judicial power, 705; State and 

 county officers, 705 ; rate of interest, 705 ; edu- 

 cation, 705; intermarriages, 705; act to pre- 

 serve the public peace, 706 ; message of the 

 Governor on disturbances, 706; applies for 

 Federal troops, 706 ; delegations to Washing- 

 ton, 707; testimony of the Governor, 707; 

 tax laws of the Legislature, 707; frauds in 



