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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Ku-klux Klan, (search)
That nothing herein contained shall be construed to supersede or repeal any former act or law, except so far as the same may be repugnant thereto; and any offences heretofore committed against the tenor of any former act shall be prosecuted, and any proceeding already commenced for the prosecution thereof shall be continued and completed, the same as if this act had not been passed, except so far as the provisions of this act may go to sustain and validate such proceedings. Approved, April 20, 1871. In October following President Grant issued a proclamation calling on the members of illegal associations in nine counties in South Carolina to disperse and surrender their arms and disguises within five days. Five days afterwards another proclamation was issued suspending the privileges of the writ of Habeas corpus in the counties named. Over 200 persons were arrested within a few days, and the organization of the Ku-klux Klan was practically overthrown by the middle of the followi
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Liberal Republican party, (search)
who had gone from the Democratic to the Republican party when the former assumed an aggressive pro-slavery attitude, and also the Republicans who had become dissatisfied with the reconstruction policy of their party. The movement began to assume considerable strength in 1867, when coercive measures were deemed necessary by the Republican party to maintain the new political rights of the negroes in the South. The passage and enforcement of the so-called Force bill (see Ku-Klux Klan), on April 20, 1871, increased the movement to such an extent that organization only seemed necessary to make it a telling power. A union of Liberal Republicans and Democrats was effected in Missouri in 1870-71. Its leading principles were a reform of the tariff and the civil service, universal suffrage, universal amnesty, and the cessation of unconstitutional laws to cure Ku-klux disorders, irreligion, or intemperance. On May 1, 1872, this fusion held a national convention in Cincinnati, which nominat
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), United States of America. (search)
commission's report sent to Congress with a special message by the President......April 5, 1871 Act to enforce the fourteenth amendment (Ku-klux act)......April 20, 1871 Branch mint at Dahlonega, Ga., conveyed to trustees of the North Georgia Agricultural College for educational purposes, by act......April 20, 1871 FirstApril 20, 1871 First session adjourns......April 20, 1871 Under call, dated April 20, Senate meets in special session......May 10, 1871 Extra session of Senate adjourns sine die......May 27, 1871 Hall's Arctic expedition sails from New York......June 29, 1871 Riot in New York City between Irish Orangemen and Catholics.......July 12, 1871 April 20, 1871 Under call, dated April 20, Senate meets in special session......May 10, 1871 Extra session of Senate adjourns sine die......May 27, 1871 Hall's Arctic expedition sails from New York......June 29, 1871 Riot in New York City between Irish Orangemen and Catholics.......July 12, 1871 First narrow-gauge (3 feet) locomotive built in the United States shipped from Philadelphia for the Denver and Rio Grande railroad......July 13, 1871 Tweed ring frauds first exposed in the New York Times......July 22, 1871 Political disturbance in Louisiana begins......Aug. 8, 1871 National Labor Congress held in St. L