I
THE STRUGGLE BETWEEN PRESIDENT JOHNSON AND
CONGRESS OVER RECONSTRUCTION
STUDIES IN HISTORY, ECONOMICS AND PUBLIC LAW
EDITED BY
THE FACULTY OF POLITICAL SCIENCE OF COLUMBIA
UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK.
Volume VIII] [Number 1
THE STRUGGLE
BETWEEN
PRESIDENT JOHNSON AND CONGRESS
OVER RECONSTRUCTION
BY
CHARLES ERNEST CHADSEY, Ph.D.
New York
1896
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CHAPTER I. Theories Prior To the Close of the War. | ||
1. | The Problem | 7 |
2. | Common Belief at Opening of Hostilities: The Crittenden Resolution | 8 |
3. | The Democratic Theory | 10 |
4. | Lincoln: The Development of his Theory | 14 |
5. | The Congressional Policy | 18 |
CHAPTER II. Johnson’s Theory: the Experiment and Its Results. | ||
1. | Conditions at Accession of Johnson | 28 |
2. | Lincoln vs. Johnson | 28 |
3. | Johnson’s views before Accession | 29 |
4. | Speeches in the Spring after his Accession | 30 |
5. | Secret of his Attitude | 32 |
6. | Development of his Theory | 34 |
7. | Attitude towards Enfranchisement of the Negro | 41 |
8. | Legislative Action in the South | 42 |
9. | The Defense of the South | 46 |