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tjve portion of the committee, to Republican 

 Senators and Representatives, 73V ; resolution, 

 737 ; circular of the committee, 737 ; efforts of 

 Mississippi and Georgia to bring the question of 

 reconstruction before the Supreme Court, 737 ; 

 Secretary Stanton addresses note to General 

 Grant concerning powers of military com- 

 manders, 738 ; proceedings of the cabinet with 

 reference to the opinion of the Attorney-Gen- 

 eral on reconstruction, 738, 739 ; order of the 

 President through the War Department to 

 commanders of military districts, 739 ; first 

 session of the Fortieth Congress, 739 ; resolu- 

 tion of the Senate, calling on the President for 

 orders, etc., to military commanders, 740 ; dis- 

 patch of General Sheridan to General Grant, 

 740 ; General Grant's reply, 740 ; supplement 

 to the reconstruction act of March 2d, 740 ; 

 President vetoes the supplement, 740 ; military 

 commanders removed, 740 ; letters of General 

 Grant to the President on removal of officers, 

 740, 741 ; removal of Sheridan from Fifth 

 Military District, 742 ;"* removal of General 

 Sickles from Second District, 742 ; order di- 

 recting changes in the commanders of military 

 districts, 742 ; resolutions of the American 

 Antislavery Society, 743 ; Border State Con- 

 vention at Baltimore, 743 ; resolutions, 744 ; 

 suspension of Secretary Stanton, 744 ; appoint- 

 ment of General Grant ad interim, 744 ; Presi- 

 dent communicates to the Senate his reasons 

 for removing the Secretary of War, 744-748 ; 

 correspondence between General Grant and 

 Secretary Stanton, 749 ; President's proclama- 

 tion respecting affairs in Texas, 749, 750 ; do. 

 respecting the supremacy of the Constitution, 

 750 ; amnesty proclamation, 751 ; President's 

 visit to Raleigh, 752 ; proposition to pay the 

 funded debt in currency, 752 ; conventions of 

 manufacturers with reference to this question, 

 752, 753. 



VIII. The fourteenth amendment of the 

 Constitution, 741 ; message of the President 

 to the Senate, 742 ; letter of Grant on retiring 

 from the War Department, 742 ; Johnson ap- 

 points Thomas Secretary of War, 742 ; removes 

 Stanton, 742 ; proceedings of General Thomas, 

 742; message to the Senate, 742; excitement 

 and action of the Senate, 742; Stanton re- 

 fuses to vacate the office, 742 ; affidavit before 

 the Supreme Court, 742, 743 ; Thomas arrest- 

 ed, 743 ; impeachment of the President, 743 ; 

 excitement, 743 ; dispatch of the Governor of 



Illinois, 743 ; do. of the Governor -of Pennsyl- 

 vania, 743 ; letter of Stanton on the Presi- 

 dent's acquittal, 743 ; General Schofield Secre- 

 tary of War, 743 ; action of the Senate on his 

 nomination, 743 ; reconstruction acts, 743 ; 

 preparations for the presidential election, 744 ; 

 call for a Republican Convention, 744 ; do. of 

 soldiers and sailors, 744 ; do. for a Democratic 

 Convention, 744; meeting of Soldiers and 

 Sailors' Convention in Chicago, 744; resolu- 

 tions, 744 ; do. of the National Republican 

 Convention, 744 ; resolutions, 744 ; balloting*, 

 745 ; Grant's letter of acceptance, 745 ; Col- 

 fax's letter of acceptance, 745 ; letter to Presi- 

 dent Johnson as a candidate, 746 ; his reply, 

 746 ; letter of Frank P. Blair previous to tho 

 Democratic Convention, 746 ; Soldiers and 

 Sailors' Convention in New York, 747 ; reso- 

 lutions, 747 ; National Democratic Convention, 

 747; resolutions, 747; candidates and ballot- 

 ings, 748 ; name of Seymour proposed, 748 ; 

 his remarks, 748 ; nomination of Seymour by 

 Ohio, 749 ; remarks of General McCook, 749 ; 

 excitement, 749 ; remarks of Mr. Seymour, 

 749 ; Seymour and Blair nominated, 749 ; tho 

 votes for Mr. Chase, 749 ; how received, 749 ; 

 the movement in his favor, 749 ; reply to ver- 

 bal overtures, 750 ; letter in reply to chairman 

 of the Democratic Committee, 750 ; platform 

 approved by him, 750 ; further progress of tho 

 movement, 751 ; Seymour's letter of accept- 

 ance, 751 ; Blair's letter of acceptance, 752 ; 

 the October elections, 752 ; proposition of 

 newspapers, 752 ; how received, 752 ; Mr. 

 Seymour enters the canvass, 752 ; letter from 

 President Johnson, 752 ; result of the election, 

 753 ; amnesty proclamations, 753, 754 ; Evarts 

 appointed Attorney-General, 754 ; further de- 

 tails,, 754. 



IX. Fifteenth amendment to the Constitu- 

 tion, 694; close of the Johnson Administra- 

 tion, 694; committee to present to General 

 Grant the certificate of his election as Presi- 

 dent, 694; address of Senator Morton, 695; 

 reply of General Grant, 695 ; address of Rep- 

 resentative Pruyn, 695 ; remarks of Mr. Col- 

 fax on receiving notification of his election as 

 Vice-President, 695 ; President Grant's cabi- 

 net, 695 ; question as to the legality of tho 

 appointment of A. T. Stewart, 695 ; message 

 of the President to the Senate thereon, 695 ; 

 note of Mr. Stewart declining the position, 

 696 ; changes in the cabinet, 696 ; recon- 



