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Speech given at the National Republican Convention

Speaking at the Republican National Convention of 1868 at Chicago. Brown, Civil War govenor of Georgia, focuses on the feeling in the South that he betrayed the rebel "cause" by joining the Republican party and advocating Reconstruction.

GLC07292

to [Henry Knox Craig]

Comments on Johnson's impeachment and radical reconstruction. He has been involved with Schenck's bill. Says, "It looks to us here as if the P. [President] would stand a poor chance, that the case is prejudged on party grounds. I hope the evidence...

GLC02382.039

Chicago tribune. [Vol. 28, no. 280 (April 15, 1865)]

Reports that president Lincoln has been assassinated and that an attempt was made on Secretary Seward's life. Also reports that Jefferson Davis has issued an edict at Danville. Article about reconstruction in Virginia on second page.

GLC00339.03

To: Major General E.O.C. Ord

Letter to Ord discussing his post-war [Reconstruction] duties, the size and deployment of the post-war army: "Grant is fully aware of the tendencies of Bureaucracy and will on his own quiet way work at the Solution. I think Congress will leave to him...

GLC08012.04

to Ulysses Mercur

Cameron responds to a letter from Mercur, a United States Representative from Pennsylvania. He denies recommending W. Clark for political appointment. Referring to the debate regarding reconstruction between Congress and President Andrew Johnson, he...

GLC01232

Report of the joint select committee to inquire into the condition of affairs in the late insurrectionary states.

Published by the Government Printing Office. Explores the Ku Klux Klan, and contains witness reports regarding the number of Klan members, Klan initiation doctrines (including swearing oaths against the Union League), and other Klan activities....

GLC08872

The New York tribune. [Vol. XXV, no. 7501 (April 21, 1865)]

Covers President Abraham Lincoln's assassination and funeral. Reports on capturing the assassins, John Wilkes Booth, and on the funeral ceremonies being held in many cities and states. Includes an article on the disapproval of surrender terms...

GLC08430.12

The Future of the Country

Proposes solutions for the reconstruction of the Union. Criticizes the idea of a national convention where rebel Southerners and Union victors can meet on equal terms. Concludes by stating that it is important for citizens to organize nation-wide...

GLC01265.04

To Beverly Tucker

The letter discusses Reconstruction and end of military occupation of Louisiana: "Louisiana is oncemore free!...we have now to repair the damage of 4 1/2 years war and 11 1/2 years of robbery & oppression such as no civilized people have ever yet had...

GLC08013.01