The Struggle between President Johnson and Congress over Reconstruction

CONTENTS

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CHAPTER I. Theories Prior To the Close of the War.
1.	The Problem	7
2.	Common Belief at Opening of Hostilities: The Crittenden Resolution	8
3.	The Democratic Theory	10
4.	Lincoln: The Development of his Theory	14
5.	The Congressional Policy	18

CHAPTER II. Johnson’s Theory: the Experiment and Its Results.
1.	Conditions at Accession of Johnson	28
2.	Lincoln vs. Johnson	28
3.	Johnson’s views before Accession	29
4.	Speeches in the Spring after his Accession	30
5.	Secret of his Attitude	32
6.	Development of his Theory	34
7.	Attitude towards Enfranchisement of the Negro	41
8.	Legislative Action in the South	42
9.	The Defense of the South	46
10.	Effect of the Attitude of the South upon the North	47

CHAPTER III. Attitude of Congress Towards the Experiment: Development of the Congressional Theory.
1.	Attitude of Parties towards the Administration at Beginning of the Session	49
2.	Opening Scenes in Congress	50
3.	The Annual Message: Debate on Reconstruction	55
4.	The Freedmen’s Bureau	59
5.	Johnson’s Indiscreet Speeches in February, 1866	65
6.	Civil Rights; Other Bills	68
7.	Report of Committee on Reconstruction	73
8.	Authorized Measures of First Session	80

CHAPTER IV. The Campaign of 1866.
1.	Crisis in the Cabinet	87
2.	The New Orleans Riots	88
3.	Administration Conventions	91
4.	Anti-Administration Conventions	98
5.	The Fall Elections	103
6.	Action on the XIV Amendment	104

CHAPTER V. The Congressional Theory Fully Developed.
1.	The Second Session Convenes; The Annual Message	107
2.	First Reconstruction Bill	109
3.	First Supplementary Bill	117
4.	Second Supplementary Bill	122
5.	State Conventions	124
6.	Third Supplementary Bill	Clyx.com