Twenty Years of Congress, Volume 2

Twenty Years of Congress,
Volume 2 (of 2), by

James Gillespie Blaine
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Title: Twenty Years of Congress, Volume 2 (of 2) From Lincoln to
Garfield, with a Review of the Events Which Led to the Political
Revolution of 1860
Author: James Gillespie Blaine

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Transcriber's note:
The chapter summaries in the Table of Contents are repeated in the text
at the start of each chapter.
Footnotes are at the end of the chapter (or section of a Table of
Congress), referenced by parenthesized numbers, e.g. (1).
The capitalization of hyphenated words is inconsistent, following the
text, as is the use of the comma in lists.
The tables of the 39th and 40th Congresses are moved to the
Appendices.
Line 2874: "gauge of battle" changed to "gage of battle"
Line 12981: missing numerator in "3/10" supplied from preceding text.
Non-standard spellings: domicil; hinderance; cotemporary]

TWENTY YEARS OF CONGRESS:
From Lincoln to Garfield
With a Review of the Events Which Led to the Political Revolution of
1860.
by
JAMES G. BLAINE.
Volume II.

Norwich, Conn.: The Henry Bill Publishing Company. 1886. Copyright,
1884, by James G. Blaine. All rights reserved.

Electrotyped and Printed By Rand, Avery, and Company, Boston, Mass

CONTENTS OF VOLUME II.
CHAPTER I.
ANDREW JOHNSON INSTALLED AS PRESIDENT.--CABINET
AND SENATORS WITNESSES TO THE
CEREMONY.--RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE NEW PRESIDENT
DELICATE IN CHARACTER.--REQUIRING THE HIGHEST
ORDER OF STATESMANSHIP.--THE QUESTION OF
RECONSTRUCTION.--ITS PECULIAR DIFFICULTIES.--NEW
AND PERPLEXING QUESTIONS.--CHARACTER AND CAREER
OF MR. JOHNSON.--BORN IN NORTH CAROLINA.--MIGRATES
TO TENNESSEE.--HIS RAPID PROMOTION IN THAT STATE.-- A
TAILOR BY TRADE.--WITHOUT EDUCATION--TAUGHT TO
READ AT FIFTEEN.-- MAYOR OF TOWN AT
TWENTY-TWO.--IN THE LEGISLATURE AT TWENTY-SEVEN.--
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTOR IN 1840 AT THIRTY-TWO.--IN
CONGRESS AT THIRTY- FIVE.--GOVERNOR FROM 1853 TO
1857.--HIS HOMESTEAD POLICY.--NECESSARY ANTAGONISM
WITH SLAVERY.--HIS IDEAL OF A RURAL
POPULATION.--BOLDNESS OF HIS POLITICAL COURSE IN
TENNESSEE.--HIS LOYALTY TO THE UNION.-- SEPARATES
FROM THE DEMOCRATIC CONSPIRATORS.--HIS CAREER IN
THE CIVIL WAR.--APPOINTED MILITARY GOVERNOR OF
TENNESSEE.--HIS ABLE ADMINISTRATION OF THE
OFFICE.--FORESHADOWS A SEVERE POLICY AS
PRESIDENT.--CONTRAST WITH MR. LINCOLN.--ANALYSIS OF
JOHNSON'S POSITION. --HIS BRIEF INAUGURAL
ADDRESS.--EFFECT PRODUCED BY IT.--HIS ADDRESS TO AN
ILLINOIS DELEGATION.--SIGNIFICANT INDICATION OF A
HARSH POLICY TOWARDS THE REBELS.--PRESTON KING'S
INFLUENCE.--PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS TO A CHRISTIAN
COMMISSION.--TO LOYAL SOUTHERNERS.--TO A
PENNSYLVANIA DELEGATION.--PRESIDENT'S TONE GROWS

STERNER TOWARDS "TRAITORS."-- STRIKING
CONVERSATION WITH SENATOR WADE.--FUNERAL
CEREMONIES OF THE LATE PRESIDENT.--REMAINS CARRIED
TO ILLINOIS.--IMPRESSIVE SCENE IN BALTIMORE.--IN
PHILADELPHIA.--BODY REPOSES IN INDEPENDENCE HALL.--
CONTRAST WITH FOUR YEARS BEFORE.--UNPARALLELED
DISPLAY OF FEELING IN NEW YORK.--ORATION BY GEORGE
BANCROFT.--ELEGIAC ODE BY WILLIAM CULLEN
BRYANT.--INTERMENT IN ILLINOIS.--CEREMONIES
COMPARED WITH THOSE OF ROYALTY.--PROFOUND
FEELING THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY.--PUBLIC
MANIFESTATION OF MOURNING.
CHAPTER II.
MILITARY REVIEW IN HONOR OF UNION VICTORY.--THE
EASTERN AND WESTERN ARMIES.--THEIR GREAT
ACHIEVEMENTS.--SPECIAL INTEREST.--NUMBER OF
BATTLES DURING THE WAR.--NUMBER EACH
YEAR.--STRUGGLE OF 1861-65.-- DISCIPLINE OF THE
ARMY.--MORAL RESPONSIBILITY OF CONTINUING THE
CONTEST.--NEEDLESS SLAUGHTER OF MEN.--CONFEDERATE
RESPONSIBILITY.-- SPEECH OF ROBERT M. T. HUNTER,
FOLLOWED BY JUDAH P. BENJAMIN.-- EXTREME MEASURES
ADVOCATED BY HIM.--HIS OVER-ZEAL.--MR. BENJAMIN
SEEKS REFUGE IN ENGLAND.--HIS SUCCESS THERE DUE TO
ENGLISH SYMPATHY WITH THE REBELLION.--HIS
MALIGNITY TOWARDS THE UNION.--SOUTHERN
CHARACTER.--ITS STRONG POINTS AND ITS WEAK
POINTS.--CONDUCT OF CONFEDERATE CONGRESS.-- THEIR
INFLAMMATORY ADDRESS.--ITS EXTRAVAGANCE AND
ABSURDITY.--JEFFERSON DAVIS'S ADDRESS TO
CONGRESS.--HIS LACK OF MORAL
COURAGE.--DISBANDMENT OF UNION ARMY, 1,00,516
MEN.--ANOTHER MILLION GONE BEFORE.--SELF- SUPPORT
AND SELF-ADJUSTMENT.--COMPARISON WITH THE ARMY
OF THE REVOLUTION.--UNION OFFICERS ALL YOUNG

MEN.--AGES OF OFFICERS IN OTHER WARS.--AGES OF
REGULAR ARMY OFFICERS.--OF VOLUNTEER
OFFICERS.--HARMONY OF THE TWO.--SPECIAL EFFICIENCY
OF THE VOLUNTEERS.--MAGNITUDE OF THE UNION
ARMY.--THE INFANTRY, CAVALRY, ARTILLERY.--NUMBER
OF GENERALS.-- NUMBER OF REGIMENTS.--MILITARY
RESOURCES OF THE REPUBLIC.--ITS SECURITY IN TIME OF
DANGER.
CHAPTER III.
THE RECONSTRUCTION PROBLEM.--THE PRESIDENT'S
PUBLIC ADDRESSES.--TIME FOR ACTION
ARRIVED.--PROCLAMATION DECLARING HOSTILITIES
CEASED.--MANNER OF DEALING WITH INSURRECTIONARY
STATES.--MR. LINCOLN'S FIRST EFFORTS AT
RECONSTRUCTION.--ELECTION IN LOUISIANA.--FLANDERS
AND HAHN.--MR. LINCOLN'S NOTE TO GENERAL
SHEPLEY.--TO CUTHBERT BULLETT.--MR. LINCOLN'S
DEFINITE PLAN.--"ONE-TENTH" OF VOTERS TO ORGANIZE
LOYAL STATE GOVERNMENT.--FREE-STATE CONVENTION
IN LOUISIANA.--MICHAEL HAHN ELECTED
GOVERNOR.--CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION.--MR.
LINCOLN'S CONGRATULATIONS.-- SIMILAR ACTION IN
ARKANSAS.--ISAAC MURPHY ELECTED GOVERNOR.--
REPRESENTATION IN CONGRESS DENIED TO THESE
STATES.--MR. SUMNER'S RESOLUTION.--ADOPTED BY
SENATE.--SIMILAR ACTION IN HOUSE.--CONFLICT BETWEEN
THE PRESIDENT AND CONGRESS.--CONGRESSIONAL PLAN
OF RECONSTRUCTION.--THREE FUNDAMENTAL
CONDITIONS.--BILL PASSED JULY 4, 1864.--NOT APPROVED
BY THE PRESIDENT.--HIS REASONS GIVEN IN A PUBLIC
PROCLAMATION.--SENATOR WADE AND H. WINTER DAVIS
CRITICISE THE PROCLAMATION.--THEIR
PROTEST.--SUBSEQUENT RESOLUTION OF CONGRESS.--THE
PRESIDENT'S REPLY TO IT.--MR. LINCOLN'S PROBABLE
COURSE ON THE SUBJECT OF

RECONSTRUCTION.--RECONSTRUCTION OF THE
GOVERNMENT OF TENNESSEE.--THE QUICK PROCESS OF
DOING.--RATIFIED BY POPULAR VOTE, 25,293 TO 48.--
PARSON BROWNLOW CHOSEN GOVERNOR.--PATTERSON
AND