B

BRECKINRIDGE, JOHN C.-called in
to negotiate with General Sher-
man, advised to quit the coun-
try, 250.

Buell, General D. C.-abandons

the southern part of Tennes-
see, removed from command,
168.

Butler, General Benj. F.-reports

some resolutions, 412 his
course in the impeachment trial
of the President, 511, 517, 519,
520.

c

CABINET of Mr. Lincoln notifies
the Vice-President of the death
of the President, 222-members
of President Johnson's, 224, 491.
"Confederacy, Southern". not
recognized by General Sher-
man, 249-its last acts, its final
collapse, 257-character of its
legislature, 269, 270, 271-ig-
nores its foundation principles,
270 its currency and credit,
271-its military exhibit, 272,
273.

Congress counts the electoral

votes in 1864, 211, 212-enacts
the Thirteenth Amendment to
the Constitution, 300-assem-
bles in December, 1865, 302—an
effort made in, to uphold the
President's policy of reconstruc-
tion, 330-its committee on re-
construction reports against the
President, 331-its work and

plan of reconstruction, 332-its
Freedmen's Bureau measure,
336, 346-its famous Civil Rights
Act presented to the President,
346, 362-overthrows the Presi-
dent, its acts, 363, 364-assem-
bles in December, 1866, 366-
tries the President, 482 to 526-
passes a bill providing for
general suffrage in the Dis-
trict, 385, 388-provides for the
admission of Nebraska, 388-
passes reconstruction measures,
389, 390, 401-its Civil Tenure
Act, 406, 409-its other acts,
410-assembles March 4, 1867,
420-assembles in December of
that year, 420-orders the Four-
teenth Amendment to be de-
clared a part of the Constitu-
tion, 452-other acts, 452, 453—
counts the electoral votes in
1869, 544-assembles in Decem-
ber, 1868, 545-its acts in this
session, 573, 574-its reconstruc-
tion policy, was it best? 574,
575, 576, 577, 579, 580, 581, 582,
583, 621, 623-the limit of its
power over the States, 577, 578,
579.
Constitution - 13th amendment
to, enacted, 300-14th amend-
ment to, 452-text of, as it now
stands, 462-order of time in
which the thirteen original
States signed, 479.
Convention, Presidential Re-
publican, in 1864, 192, 193, 194—
625

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the outset, 331, 576-changes
his view, 576.

Greeley, Horace goes on the
bond of Jefferson Davis, 454.

H

"HERALD," NEW YORK-quota-
tion from, describing Governor
Johnson's dealings with the
rebel clergy, 155, 156, 157, 158,
159-quotation from, 160, 161,
162, 163, 165, 166.

House, White-President John-
son takes possession of, 600-
affairs in, under the Johnsons,
601, 602, 603, 604.

JOHNSON, JACOB-father of Presi-
dent Johnson, his life and char-
acter, 14, 15, 16, 17.
Johnson, President-his parents,

14, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20-his birth,
17-his education, 18, 31, 32, 37,
38-his early pursuits, 18, 19,
20 learns the tailor's trade,
seeks his fortunes in Tennessee,
manner of his appearance in his
new field, 19, 20, 30-a more or
less fabulous story of him, 20 to
29-the journeyman-tailor set-
tles permanently at Greenville,
30- his marriage, 31—his wife
becomes his teacher, 31, 32-
specimens of his letters and
improvement, 32, 35-his char-
acter and habits, 39, 40, 41, 42,
43, 47, 56, 74, 75, 89, 90, 93, 147,
190, 191, 217, 221, 365, 483, 485,
487, 572, 573, 581, 582, 608, 609,
614, 615, 616, 617, 618, 619, 620,
621-lays the foundation of a
fortune on the tailor's bench,
39 his last job of tailoring,
40-his first political position,

41-his early and late political
principles, 42, 46, 73, 74, 75, 86,
87, 89, 93, 94, 95, 148, 226, 227,
231, 234, 575, 579, 581, 582, 615,
616, 617, 620, 621, 623-places
himself among the people and
styles himself one of them, 42,
75, 608, 617-elected to the Leg-
islature, 34-a Van Buren elec-
tor in 1840, 45-his qualities as
a speaker, 45, 618, 619, 620,
621-his position on slavery, 46,
50, 52, 53, 86, 93, 178, 179, 181,
184, 188, 336, 579, 581, 582,
616-elected to the State Senate,
to Congress, 46-his course and
speeches in the Lower House
of Congress, 50, 53, 56, 66, 71–
his personal bravery, 56, 57—
nominated for Governor of Ten-
nessee, 58, 59-elected, 60 —
again elected to the same office,
his services as Governor, 61, 62,
63, 64-elected to the United
States Senate, visits President-
elect Buchanan, 65-breaking
of his arm, 66-his course and
speeches in the Senate, 66 to
91-his patriotism, 85, 86, 148,
615-his course in 1860, supports
Breckinridge, 85, 89, 90- his
opinion of J. C. Calhoun, 87—
supported for the Presidency in
the Charleston Convention, 88-
his view of Joseph Lane, 90-
his great speech on the war
for the Union, 95 to 146-ap-
pointed Military Governor of
Tennessee, 147 arrives in
Nashville, makes an appeal to
the people, 148, 152-his course
as Military Governor, 148, 152,
153, 154, 155, 159, 160, 167, 168,
169, 170 174, 175, 176, 177, 178,
179, 180, 190, 191-his course

with the rebel preachers, 155,
156, 157, 158, 159, 160-goes to
Washington to consult with
Mr. Lincoln, 168-issues an ex-
traordinary proclamation, 170,
174 a protest against his
course, he is sustained by the
President, 174, 175, 176, 177—
makes a speech at Nashville,
after his nomination for the
Vice-Presidency, 179-makes a
speech to the colored people
and becomes their Moses, 184,
185- nomination of Mr. John-
son for the Vice-Presidency,
194, 196, 198, 200-his letter of
acceptance, 200-elected Vice-
President, 211, 212-takes the
oath of office, his address to the
Senate, 214-character of this
address, 216, 217 - makes a
speech on the fall of Richmond,
217, 221 notified in form of
the death of Mr. Lincoln, 222-
takes the oath as President, his
short address, 223-holds his
first Cabinet meeting, members
of his Cabinet, 224, 225-expec-
tations from his former course,
225-his sentiments on entering
on the Presidency, 226, 230,
236-his support from the peo-
ple at the outset, 236, 237-his
proclamation concerning Mr.
Lincoln's funeral and a day of
humiliation, 238 the course
and acts of his Presidency, 238,
239, 240, 244, 254, 255, 257, 258,
268, 281, 297, 298, 299, 303, 336,
346, 364, 366, 388, 395, 409, 417,
453, 483, 487, 545, 572, 573, 575,
576, 579, 581, 582, 615-issues
his proclamations declaring the
war at an end, 258, 262- his
hatred of Jefferson Davis, 277-

issues a proclamation as to the
restoration of North Carolina,
277-appoints provisional gov-
ernors for other States and goes
on with his plan of reconstruc-
tion, 281, 282, 283, 285, 299, 302,
331, 575, 576, 577, 578, 579, 581,
582 his conversations with
Southern delegates, 285, 286—
makes a speech to Virginians,
290 accused of treachery,
298-the principles at the foun-
dation of his plan of reconstruc-
tion, 299, 300, 301, 302, 303, 326,
328-his first annual message
sent to Congress, 303-the main
supporters of his policy, 330—
sends a message to Congress
concerning his reconstruction
plan and work, his plan then
sanctioned by General Grant,
331-vetoes the Freedmen's Bu-
reau Act, 336, 346-vetoes the
Civil Rights Bill, 351-his en-
tire separation from Congress,
his powerlessness, 363—makes
speeches, "swings around the
circle," 364, 365-sends to Con-
gress his second annual mes-
sage, 366-vetoes the District
and other bills, 388-his mes-
sage vetoing the reconstruction
plan, 395, 401 vetoes other
measures, 405-vetoes the Civil
Tenure Bill, 409- demonstra-
tions in the North for and
against his course, 411, 412, 414,
415, 416, 417 — issues a procla-
mation against the Fenians,
417-sends to Congress his third
annual message, 421-declares
the Fourteenth Amendment a
part of the Constitution, 452-
issues amnesty and pardon
proclamations, 455, 458, 460—

his impeachment, a history of,
482 to 527-sends to Congress
his last annual message, 545,
572-opinions of him, 583, 584-
his course toward his successor,
his last acts as President, his bit-
ter farewell address to the peo-
ple, 586-returns to Greenville,
elected United States Senator,
appears in Congress, 604-Mr.
Adams's opinion of, Mr. For-
ney's opinion of, 605—his death,
his funeral, his tomb not among
the people's, 607, 608, 609, 611-
his moral code, 609, 613, 619-his
religion, 611, 612, 613, 614.
Johnson, Eliza-wife of the Presi-
dent, becomes his teacher, 31,
32-did not appear as Lady of
the White House," her life and
character, 599, 600-her chil-
dren, 600, 601, 602-her tomb,
611.

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Johnston, General Joseph E.-
asks for an armistice, 248
meets Sherman, plays an un-
soldierly trick, 248, 249 ar-
ranges terms of surrender, 250,
251-takes his own course and
surrenders his army, 254, 255—
gets a military chest, 271-his
generalship, 272.
Jones, George W.-early friend of
Andrew Johnson, 32-gives a
description of Mr. Johnson's
early political career, 43-his
description of Johnson in Con-
gress, 47 secures Johnson's
nomination for governor, 59,
60-his character and public
career, 60, 61-explains John-
son's motive for supporting
Breckinridge and Lane, 90 —
his opinion of Mr. Johnson's
religion, 614.