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Domestic Intelligence
Harper's Weekly, April 6, 1867, page 211

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The Fortieth Congress
The Supplementary Reconstruction bill which was introduced in the Senate on March 14 finally passed both Houses of Congress on March 23. The two Houses having disagreed on March 18 on certain amendments introduced in the House, a Committee of Conference was asked and allowed, and it reported on March 19, agreeing to the Senate proposition that the State Constitution shall be ratified by a majority of the votes cast, provided that it shall appear that a majority of the registered voters voted on the question of ratification. A clause is added that Congress must be satisfied that all the registered voters had an opportunity to vote freely and fairly without any fear or interruption, and that the constitution meets the approval of a majority of the qualified voters. Thus amended the bill passed both Houses on March 19, and went to the President, who, on March 23, returned the bill with his objections. The Senate immediately passed it over the veto by a vote of 40 yeas to 7 nays; the House doing the same by the not less decisive vote of 114 yeas to 25 nays.

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Congress and Impeachment
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The Probability of Impeachment
February 23, 1867, page 114


The Louisiana Bill
March 2, 1867, page 130


Reconstruction
March 9, 1867, page 146


The Thirty-Ninth Congress
March 9, 1867, page 146


The Veto of the Reconstruction Bill

March 16, 1867, page 162


The Fortieth Congress

March 30, 1867, page 195


The Fortieth Congress

April 6, 1867, page 211


Sprats and Vetoes

April 6, 1867, page 210


Adjournment of Congress

April 13, 1867, page 226


Prometheus Bound

March 2, 1867, page 137


The Result

March 30, 1867, page 194


The Southern Commanders

April 6, 1867, page 218


The Debate upon Impeachment

March 23, 1867, page 178


We Accept the Situation (cartoon)

April 13, 1867, page 240


The Big Thing (cartoon)

April 20, 1867, page 256


The End of Impeachment
June 22, 1867, page 386

 

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