Chapter XVI · —Representation of the Southern States.
Reading edition
(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.