-HOUSE VOTES TO
REPEAL THE ACT.--DELAY IN SENATE.--POSITION OF MR. TRUMBULL, MR.
EDMUNDS, AND MR. SCHURZ.--DISAGREEMENT BETWEEN SENATE AND HOUSE.--
CONFERENCE COMMITTEE.--PRACTICAL REPEAL OF THE ACT.--DEATH OF WILLIAM
PITT FESSENDEN.--HIS CHARACTER.

CHAPTER XIX.

EVENTS OF INTEREST.--IN DIPLOMACY AND RECONSTRUCTION.--THE DOMINICAN
REPUBLIC.--ANNEXATION TREATY.--DEFEATED BY SENATE.--PRESIDENT GRANT
RENEWS THE EFFORT.--COMMISSION SENT TO SAN DOMINGO.--THEIR REPORT.--
OPPOSITION OF MR. SUMNER.--THE PRESIDENT AND MR. SUMNER--RECONSTRUCTION
MEASURES COMPLETED.--VIRGINIA, MISSISSIPPI AND TEXAS.--RE-ADMITTED TO
REPRESENTATION.--PECULIAR CASE OF GEORGIA.--HER RECONSTRUCTION
POSTPONED.--LAST STATE RE-ADMITTED TO REPRESENTATION.--FIFTEENTH
AMENDMENT.--ADOPTED.---PROCLAIMED MARCH 30, 1870.--PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE.
--COURSE OF THE SOUTHERN STATES.--HOSTILITY TO RECONSTRUCTION
GOVERNMENTS.--DETERMINATION TO BREAK THEM DOWN.--MILITARY INTERPOSITION
OF THE GOVERNMENT.--KU-KLUX-KLANS.--VIOLENCE IN THE SOUTH.--LEGISLATION
TO PREVENT IT.--DIFFICULT TASK.--MOTIVE INSPIRING THE SOUTH.--CARPET-
BAG IMMIGRATION.--COTTON-REARING ORIGINAL MOTIVE.--POLITICAL
CONSEQUENCE.--DISABILITIES IN THE SOUTH.--CAUSE THEREOF.--
RESPONSIBILITY OF SOUTHERN STATES.--ORIGINAL MISTAKE OF THE SOUTH--THE
AIMS OF THE NORTH.

CHAPTER XX.

RESENTMENT AGAINST ENGLAND.--POPULAR FEELING IN THE UNITED STATES.--
CONDUCT OF THE PALMERSTON MINISTRY.--HOSTILE SPEECHES IN THE HOUSE OF
COMMONS.--MR. ROEBUCK.--LORD ROBERT CECIL.--CONDUCT OF THE TORIES.--OF
THE LIBERALS.--CRITICISMS OF THE BRITISH PRESS.--SOUTH COMPARED WITH
IRELAND.--UNITED STATES DEMANDS COMPENSATION.--REFUSED BY ENGLAND.--
NEGOTIATIONS.--JOHNSON-CLARENDON TREATY.--REJECTED BY SENATE.--
CHARACTER OF TREATY.--SPEECH OF MR. SUMNER.--POSITION OF PRESIDENT
GRANT.--NEGOTIATION CLOSED.--ENGLAND ASKS THAT IT BE RE-OPENED.--JOINT
HIGH COMMISSION.--ITS DELIBERATIONS.--ITS BASIS OF SETTLEMENT.--GENEVA
AWARD.--PRIVATE CLAIMS ADJUSTED.--THE SAN JUAN QUESTION.--ITS FINAL
SETTLEMENT.--HON. GEORGE BANCROFT.

CHAPTER XXI.

OPENING FORTY-SECOND CONGRESS.--DEPOSITION OF CHARLES SUMNER FROM
CHAIRMANSHIP OF FOREIGN RELATIONS.--EXCITING DEBATE.--GRAVE INJUSTICE
TO MR. SUMNER.--DEMOCRATIC SENATORS OPPOSE THE ACT.--NEW SENATORS.--
MATT W. RANSOM.--FRANK P. BLAIR, JUN.--HENRY G. DAVIS--POWELL CLAYTON.
--ORGANIZATION OF THE HOUSE.--MR. BLAINE RE-ELECTED SPEAKER.--DEMOCRATS
CONTROL MORE THEN ONE-THIRD OF HOUSE.--VALUABLE ACCESS