1868
By Edmund G. Ross
PREFACE.
CHAPTER 1. THE PROBLEM OF RECONSTRUCTION. MR. LINCOLN'S PLAN
CHAPTER II. THE BALTIMORE CONVENTION. LINCOLN AND JOHNSON NOT NOMINATED AS REPUBLICANS.
CHAPTER III. MR. JOHNSON'S ACCESSION TO THE PRESIDENCY. THE RECONSTRUCTION ERA.
CHAPTER IV. FIRST ATTEMPT TO IMPEACH THE PRESIDENT. THE ASHLEY INDICTMENT.
CHAPTER V. THE TENURE-OF-OFFICE ACT. ITS HISTORY AND PURPOSE THE PRESIDENTS VETO MESSAGE.
CHAPTER VI. IMPEACHMENT AGREED TO BY THE HOUSE.
CHAPTER VII. IMPEACHMENT REPORTED TO THE SENATE. THE PRESIDENT'S ANSWER.
CHAPTER VIII. ORGANIZATION OF THE COURT ARGUMENT OF COUNSEL
CHAPTER IX. EXAMINATION OF WITNESSES AND THEIR TESTIMONY.
CHAPTER X. A CONFERENCE HELD AND THE FIRST VOTE TAKEN.
CHAPTER XI. THE IMPEACHERS IN A MAZE. A RECESS ORDERED. THE FINAL VOTE TAKEN.
CHAPTER XII. WAS IT A PARTISAN PROSECUTION?
CHAPTER XIII. THE CONSTITUTIONAL POWER OF IMPEACHMENT.
