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Alabama (Alabama, United States) (search for this): chapter 35
xing disorders, and, after much investigation and a great deal of debate, there resulted the so-called Reconstruction laws, which, for a clear understanding of the powers conferred on the military commanders, I deem best to append in full: An act to provide for the more efficient government of the rebel States. Whereas, no legal State governments or adequate protection for life or property now exist in the rebel States of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana, Florida, Texas, and Arkansas; and whereas, it is necessary that peace and good order should be enforced in said States until loyal and republican State governments can be legally established; therefore, Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That said rebel States shall he divided into military districts and made subject to the military authority of the United States as hereinafter prescribed; and for that
Florida (Florida, United States) (search for this): chapter 35
ore efficient government of the rebel States. Whereas, no legal State governments or adequate protection for life or property now exist in the rebel States of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana, Florida, Texas, and Arkansas; and whereas, it is necessary that peace and good order should be enforced in said States until loyal and republican State governments can be legally established; therefore, Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Represendistricts and made subject to the military authority of the United States as hereinafter prescribed; and for that purpose Virginia shall constitute the first district; North Carolina and South Carolina, the second district; Georgia, Alabama, and Florida, the third district; Mississippi and Arkansas, the fourth district; and Louisiana and Texas, the fifth district. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the President to assign to the command of each of said districts
Mississippi (United States) (search for this): chapter 35
Orleans looked upon this proposed action as revolutionary, and by the time the convention assembled (July 30), such bitterness of feeling prevailed that efforts were made by the mayor and city police to suppress the meeting. A bloody riot followed, resulting in the killing and wounding of about a hundred and sixty persons. I happened to be absent from the city at the time, returning from Texas, where I had been called by affairs on the Rio Grande. On my way up from the mouth of the Mississippi I was met on the night of July 30 by one of my staff, who reported what had occurred, giving the details of the massacre — no milder term is fitting-and informing me that, to prevent further slaughter, General Baird, the senior military officer present, had assumed control of the municipal government. On reaching the city I made an investigation, and that night sent the following report of the affair: headquarters Military division of the Gulf, New Orleans, La., Aug. 1, 1866. Gener
United States (United States) (search for this): chapter 35
e and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That said rebee subject to the military authority of the United States as hereinafter prescribed; and for that pu subject to the paramount authority of the United States at any time to abolish, modify, control, oe and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That before thion to be made of the male citizens of the United States, twenty-one years of age and upwards, resi in any rebellion or civil war against the United States, nor for felony committed against the lawsthe United States, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any State Legislature, d in insurrection or rebellion against the United States or given aid or comfort to the enemies the the Constitution and obey the laws of the United States, and will, to the best of my ability, encoe, duly certified, to the President of the United States, who shall forthwith transmit the same to [4 more...]
New Orleans (Louisiana, United States) (search for this): chapter 35
stigation, and that night sent the following report of the affair: headquarters Military division of the Gulf, New Orleans, La., Aug. 1, 1866. General U. S. Grant: You are doubtless aware of the serious riot which occurred in this city on thwar Deft., Washington, D. C., August 3, 1866-5 P. M. Major-General P. H. Sheridan, Commanding Mil. Div. of the Gulf, New Orleans, La. Continue to enforce martial law, so far as may be necessary to preserve the peace; and do not allow any of the ci which I give in full, since it tells the whole story of the riot: headquarters Military division of the Gulf, New Orleans, La., August 6, 1866. His Excellency Andrew Johnson, President United States: I have the honor to make the following rrrible results of massacre and murder, was not an accident. It was the determined purpose of the mayor of the city of New Orleans to break up this convention by armed force. The statement is also made, that He [the President] knew that rebels an
Georgia (Georgia, United States) (search for this): chapter 35
from all these perplexing disorders, and, after much investigation and a great deal of debate, there resulted the so-called Reconstruction laws, which, for a clear understanding of the powers conferred on the military commanders, I deem best to append in full: An act to provide for the more efficient government of the rebel States. Whereas, no legal State governments or adequate protection for life or property now exist in the rebel States of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana, Florida, Texas, and Arkansas; and whereas, it is necessary that peace and good order should be enforced in said States until loyal and republican State governments can be legally established; therefore, Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That said rebel States shall he divided into military districts and made subject to the military authority of the United States as hereinafter pr
Arkansas (Arkansas, United States) (search for this): chapter 35
ment of the rebel States. Whereas, no legal State governments or adequate protection for life or property now exist in the rebel States of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana, Florida, Texas, and Arkansas; and whereas, it is necessary that peace and good order should be enforced in said States until loyal and republican State governments can be legally established; therefore, Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Unitedthority of the United States as hereinafter prescribed; and for that purpose Virginia shall constitute the first district; North Carolina and South Carolina, the second district; Georgia, Alabama, and Florida, the third district; Mississippi and Arkansas, the fourth district; and Louisiana and Texas, the fifth district. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the President to assign to the command of each of said districts an officer of the army not below the rank of
William Wells (search for this): chapter 35
d to bail. As to whether the civil authorities can mete out ample justice to the guilty parties on both sides, I must say it is my opinion, unequivocally, that they cannot. Judge Abell, whose course I have closely watched for nearly a year, I now consider one of the most dangerous men that we have here to the peace and quiet of the city. The leading men of the convention-King, Cutler, Hahn, and others — have been political agitators, and are bad men. I regret to say that the course of Governor Wells has been vacillating, and that during the late trouble he has shown very little of the man. P. H. Sheridan, Major-General Commanding. Subsequently a military commission investigated the subject of the riot, taking a great deal of testimony. The commission substantially confirmed the conclusions given in my despatches, and still later there was an investigation by a select committee of the House of Representatives, of which the Honorables Samuel Shellabarger, of Ohio, H. L. Elli
Philip H. Sheridan (search for this): chapter 35
the general community is great regret at this unnecessary cruelty, and that the police could have made any arrest they saw fit without sacrificing lives. P. H. Sheridan, Major-General Commanding. On receiving the telegram, General Grant immediately submitted it to the President. Much clamor being made at the North for thg despatch from General Grant approving my course: headquarters armies of the United States, war Deft., Washington, D. C., August 3, 1866-5 P. M. Major-General P. H. Sheridan, Commanding Mil. Div. of the Gulf, New Orleans, La. Continue to enforce martial law, so far as may be necessary to preserve the peace; and do not alare bad men. I regret to say that the course of Governor Wells has been vacillating, and that during the late trouble he has shown very little of the man. P. H. Sheridan, Major-General Commanding. Subsequently a military commission investigated the subject of the riot, taking a great deal of testimony. The commission subs
Schuyler Colfax (search for this): chapter 35
the fifth section of this act; and noperson shall be eligible to any office under any such provisional governments who would be disqualified from holding office under the provisions of the third article of said constitutional amendment. Schuyler Colfax, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Lafayette S. Foster, President of the Senate pro tempore. An act supplementary to an act entitled an act to provide for the more efficient government of the rebel States, passed March second, eighized or necessary to carry into effect the purposes of this act not herein otherwise provided for, and shall provide for the levy and collection of such taxes on the property in such State as may be necessary to pay the same. Sec. 9. And be it further enacted, That the word article, in the sixth section of the act to which this is supplementary, shall be construed to mean section. Schuyler Colfax, Speaker of the House of Representatives. B. F. Wade, President of the Senate pro tempore.
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