cal Theory --
Conditions to be required -- State Sovereignty -- Rebel Debt
-- Prohibition of Slavery -- Two Policies contrasted --
Reply of Mr. Jenckes -- Difference in Terms, not in
Substance -- Logic of the Conservatives leads to the Results
of the Radicals.

CHAPTER XIV.--The Basis of Representation in the House.

(Page 324-372.)

First work of the Joint Committee -- The Joint Resolution
proposing a Constitutional Amendment -- Mr. Stevens' reasons
for speedy action -- Protracted Discussion Commenced --
Objections to the Bill by Mr. Rogers -- Defense by Mr.
Conkling -- Two other Modes -- How States might Evade the
Law -- Not a Finality -- Wisconsin and South Carolina --
Amendment for Female Suffrage proposed -- Orth on Indiana
and Massachusetts -- Obscuration of the Sun -- More Radical
Remedy desired -- A Kentuckian gratified -- Citations from
the Census -- Premium for Treason -- White Slaves -- Power
to amend well-nigh exhausted -- Objections to the Suffrage
Basis -- "Race" and "Color" ambiguous -- Condition of the
Question -- Recommitted -- Final Passage.

CHAPTER XV.--The Basis of Representation in the Senate.

(Page 373-414.)

The Joint Resolution goes to the Senate --
Counter-proposition by Mr. Sumner -- He Speaks Five Hours --
Mr. Henderson's Amendment -- Mr. Fessenden -- Mr. Henry S.
Lane -- Mr. Johnson -- Mr. Henderson -- Mr. Clark's
Historical Statements -- Fred. Douglass' Memorial -- Mr.
Williams -- Mr. Hendricks -- Mr. Chandler's "blood-letting
Letter" -- Proposition of Mr. Yates -- His Speech -- Mr.
Buckalew against New England -- Mr. Pomeroy -- Mr. Sumner's
second Speech -- Mr. Doolittle -- Mr. Morrill -- Mr.
Fessenden meets Objections -- Final Vote -- The Amendment
defeated.

CHAPTER XVI.--Representation of the Southern States.

(Page 417-433.)

Concurrent Resolution -- A "Venomous Fight" -- Passage in
the House -- The Resolution in the Senate -- "A Political
Wrangle" deprecated -- Importance of the Question -- "A
Straw in a Storm" -- Policy of the President -- Conversation
between two Senators -- Mr. Nye's Advice to Rebels -- "A
Dangerous Power" -- "Was Mr. Wade once a Secessionist?" --
Garrett Davis' Programme for the President -- "Useless yet
Mischievous" -- The Great Question Settled.