The Selected Papers of Thaddeus Stevens,9780822940524

The Selected Papers of Thaddeus Stevens

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Pub. Date: 1998-05-01
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Summary

Thaddeus Stevens has been called "the greatest dictator Congress ever had," a man who in 1867 held more political power than any man in the nation, including the president. In his day Stevens grappled with many of the issues that confront us today: racial and economic equality, affirmative action, and equal access to education. The second volume of a two-volume edition covers Stevenrs"s later years during the tumultuous period from the end of the Civil War to his death in1868. It includes letters, speeches, and remarks Stevens delivered as he championed equal rights for the freedmen and steered key Reconstruction measures through Congress. This volume also contains letters from loyalists and ex-Confederates to Stevens reflecting their reactions to conditions in the South.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments xv(2)
Editorial Apparatus xvii(4)
Chronology xxi
1. Early Reconstruction, April 1865-July 1866
3(182)
To Oliver J. Dickey, April 18, 1865
3(1)
To Charles Sumner, May 10, 1865
4(1)
To Andrew Johnson, May 16, 1865
5(1)
To Charles Sumner, May 17, 1865
6(1)
To William D. Kelley, May 30, 1865
6(1)
To Andrew Johnson, July 6, 1865
7(1)
From Charles Sumner, July 12, 1865
8(1)
To William D. Kelley, July 30, 1865
9(1)
From Charles Sumner, August 20, 1865
9(1)
To Charles Sumner, August 26, 1865
10(1)
To John Hutchins, August 27, 1865
11(1)
From Samuel L. Kauffelt, September 4, 1865
11(1)
"Reconstruction," September 6, 1865
12(15)
From Godlove Stein Orth, September 12, 1865
27(1)
From Joseph W. McClurg, September 27, 1865
28(1)
To Edward McPherson, October 3, 1865
28(1)
From Edward McPherson, October 4, 1865
29(2)
To Charles Sumner, October 7, 1865
31(1)
To Edward McPherson, October 14, 1865
31(1)
From Henry Winter Davis, [c. November 8, 1865]
32(1)
From Ebon C. Ingersoll, November 13, 1865
33(1)
From Jacob J. Noah, November 27, 1865
34(2)
From Thomas A. Scott, November 30, 1865
36(1)
To Edward McPherson, [December 4, 1865]
37(1)
Resolution on a Joint Committee of Reconstruction, December 4, 1865
37(1)
From Alexander P. Field, December 4, 1865
38(3)
From Gillet F. Watson and Joseph M. Humphreys, December 5, 1865
41(2)
From Theodore Tilton, December 6, 1865
43(1)
To Theodore Tilton, December 7, 1865
44(1)
"Reconstruction," December 18, 1865
44(12)
From Orestes A. Brownson, December 19, 1865
56(2)
From Stephen A. Hurlbut, December 25, 1865
58(1)
From James S. Brisbin, December 29, 1865
59(2)
From Alexander H. Jones, January 9, 1866
61(1)
From Alexander K. McClure, January 13, 1866
62(1)
From James M. Morrison, January 16, 1866
63(2)
From Joshua W. Sharp, January 17, 1866
65(2)
From Amos Tuck, January 26, 1866
67(1)
From Elizabeth Kirlin Stevens, January 27, 1866
68(1)
"Basis of Representation," January 31, 1866
69(12)
Remarks on the Freedmen's Bureau Bill, February 5, 1866
81(4)
From John Binny, February 6, 1866
85(2)
Resolution on the Readmission of States, February 20, 1866
87(1)
From Thomas M. Peters, February 22, 1866
88(2)
From Thompson Powell, February 22, 1866
90(2)
To [Oliver J. Dickey?], February 24, 1866
92(1)
From David W. Patterson, February 24, 1866
93(1)
From Charles W. Wardwell, March 3, 1866
94(1)
To Charles Sumner, [c. March 4, 1866]
95(1)
Resolution on Presidential Pardons and Abandoned Property, March 5, 1866
96(1)
Remarks on Southern Military Cadets, March 6, 1866
97(1)
"Reconstruction," March 10, 1866
98(17)
From an Unidentified Correspondent, March 21, 1866
115(1)
From Maria F. Chandler, April 1, 1866
116(1)
From James Speed, April 13, 1866
117(1)
From James Buchanan, April 21, 1866
118(2)
To James Buchanan, April 24, 1866
120(1)
From William Strather, April 28, 1866
120(2)
From Wendell Phillips, April 30, 1866
122(1)
Remarks on the Freedmen's Bureau Appropriation, May 1, 1866
123(4)
From Augustus Watson, May 3, 1866
127(2)
From Stephen W. Laidler, May 7, 1866
129(2)
Speech on the Fourteenth Amendment, May 8, 1866
131(6)
Speech on the Fourteenth Amendment, May 10, 1866
137(6)
"An act to enable the States lately in rebellion to regain their privileges in the Union," [c. May 16, 1866]
143(2)
Remarks on the Freedmen's Land Allotments, May 24, 1866
145(3)
From Samuel Shoch, May 24, 1866
148(2)
From Elihu B. Washburne, May 24, 1866
150(2)
From William [I?] Mallet, May 28, 1866
152(1)
From James S. Brisbin, June 5, 1866
152(2)
From Reuben D. Mussey, June 12, 1866
154(2)
Speech on the Fourteenth Amendment, June 13, 1866
156(3)
From Francis L. Cramer, June 16, 1866
159(1)
Remarks on the Tax on Cotton, June 27, 1866
160(2)
Remarks on the Tariff, June 30, 1866
162(1)
Remarks on the Tariff and the National Debt, July 7, 1866
163(2)
From Samuel Shoch, July 11, 1866
165(1)
From Anthony E. Roberts, Benjamin Champneys et al., [c. July 11, 1866]
166(1)
To Anthony E. Roberts, Benjamin Champneys et al., July 13, 1866
167(1)
To Elizabeth Kirlin Stevens, July 13, 1866
168(1)
Remarks on Reassembly Date, July 20, 1866
169(2)
From L. D. B., July 24, 1866
171(1)
Remarks on the National Banking System, July 25, 1866
171(1)
Remarks on Mississippi River Levee Repair, July 27, 1866
172(2)
Speech on the Readmission of States, July 28, 1866
174(11)
2. Radical Reconstruction, August 1866-November 1867
185(151)
To "Ladies of Treasury Department," August 3, 1866
185(1)
Speech before the Lancaster County Union Convention, August 15, 1866
186(2)
From Samuel Walker, August 21, 1866
188(1)
From Samuel Shoch, August 27, 1866
189(1)
From John T. McIlheny, August 28, 1866
190(1)
To Robert C. Schenck, August 31, 1866
191(1)
To William D. Kelley, September 6, 1866
192(1)
From George S. Boutwell, September 13, 1866
192(1)
From John Gyger, September 18, 1866
193(1)
To John Gyger, September 21, 1866
194(1)
From Robert C. Schenck, September 23, 1866
195(1)
Speech on Congressional Sovereignty, September 27, 1866
196(6)
To William Pitt Fessenden, October 1, 1866
202(1)
From Esaias Billingfelt, October 2, 1866
203(1)
To Esaias Billingfelt, October 2, 1866
203(1)
From John W. Geary, October 13, 1866
204(1)
From William Jackson Palmer, October 25, 1866
205(1)
From John M. Broomall, October 27, 1866
205(2)
Speech to Soldiers and Citizens of Washington, December 2, 1866
207(4)
"Reconstruction," January 3, 1867
211(11)
From Harry White, January 3, 1867
222(1)
From Alexander H. Jones, January 4, 1867
223(1)
Remarks on the Readmission of Rebel States, January 5, 1867
224(9)
To Harry White, January 5, 1867
233(2)
Remarks on Impeachment, January 6, 1867
235(1)
To Frederick S. Stumbaugh, January 6, 1867
236(1)
From William B. Downey, January 7, 1867
237(1)
"Address to Colored Delegation," [c. January 10, 1867]
238(2)
To Lancaster County Senators and Representatives, January 10, 1867
240(1)
Remarks on the Declaration of Independence, January 15, 1867
241(2)
To John T. Keagy, January 23, 1867
243(1)
Remarks on the Tenure of Office Bill, February 1, 1867
243(3)
Speech on the Military Government of the South, February 7, 1867
246(4)
Remarks on the Military Government of the South, February 8, 1867
250(2)
"Government of Insurrectionary States," February 13, 1867
252(6)
Speech on the Military Government of the South, February 18, 1867
258(4)
Remarks on the Tariff, February 27, 1867
262(1)
From Francis B. Carpenter, February 27, 1867
263(1)
Remarks on Choctaw Defense, March 2, 1867
264(2)
From William F. Henderson et al., March 4, 1867
266(2)
From "Loyal Kentuckians," March 4, 1867
268(1)
From James Mullins et al., March 10, 1867
269(3)
From W. [D?] Harrison, March 13, 1867
272(1)
From E. W. Peirce, March 14, 1867
273(1)
From John Paxton, March 16, 1867
274(2)
"Damages to Loyal Men," March 19, 1867
276(21)
From Nathan Haines, March 22, 1867
297(1)
To Thaddeus Stevens Jr., March [c. 22], 1867
298(1)
From P. H. Whitehurst, March 22, 1867
298(2)
From Mrs. R. S. McConaughy, March 26, 1867
300(1)
Remarks on the Johnson Impeachment, March 29, 1867
301(1)
From George V. Dieterich, March 29, 1867
302(1)
To William H. Seward, April 11, 1867
303(1)
From William H. Seward, April 11, 1867
304(1)
To [James M. Scovel?], April 14, 1867
304(1)
From Theodore Tilton, April 23, 1867
305(1)
To David McConaughy, May 21, 1867
306(1)
From David McConaughy, May [21], 1867
306(1)
To David H. Buehler, May 27, 1867
307(1)
To David McConaughy, May [28?], 1867
308(1)
To David McConaughy, June 1, 1867
309(1)
From David H. Mason, June 14, 1867
310(1)
To Edward McPherson, June 26, 1867
311(1)
From Henry M. Bowden, July 8, 1867
312(2)
"Reconstruction," July 9, 1867
314(5)
Remarks on the Johnson Impeachment, July 10, 1867
319(2)
Remarks on the Third Reconstruction Act, July 13, 1867
321(1)
To Simon Stevens, August 3, 1867
322(1)
To Conrad Baker, August 9, 1867
323(1)
To Edward McPherson, August 16, 1867
324(1)
From Samuel Shoch, August 24, 1867
325(1)
To William H. Seward, August 26, 1867
326(1)
To Samuel Shoch, August 26, 1867
326(2)
To Wheeler B. Melius, September 14, 1867
328(1)
To Hiram Barney and James W. Beekman, September 28, 1867
329(2)
From Thaddeus Morrill Stevens, [c. November 10], 1867
331(5)
3. Johnson Impeachment, December 1867-August 1868
336(141)
Remarks on the Fourth Reconstruction Act, December 18, 1867
336(2)
From an Unidentified Correspondent, December 25, [1867]
338(1)
From Charles H. Hopkins, January 3, 1868
339(1)
From Jacob Hale Sypher, January 3, 1868
340(1)
To Frederick A. Conkling, January 6, 1868
341(1)
From Civil Service Clerks, January 7, 1868
342(2)
To William Pitt Fessenden, January 29, 1868
344(1)
From William Nesbit, February 7, 1868
345(1)
To William Nesbit, February 10, 1868
346(1)
From Allen Alexandra et al., February 14, 1868
347(1)
From [Henry?] Willis, February 15, 1868
348(2)
From J. Sumner Powell, February 18, 1868
350(1)
From John W. Forney, February 21, 1868
351(1)
Speech on the Johnson Impeachment, February 24, 1868
352(7)
From Alexander H. Hood, February 25, 1868
359(2)
From Edward Degener, February 27, 1868
361(3)
From Jacob R. Stephens, February 27, 1868
364(2)
To Benjamin F. Butler, February 28, 1868
366(1)
From John G. Jackson, March 2, 1868
366(1)
From Milton J. Saffold, March 2, 1868
367(2)
From Gilbert E. L. Fall, March 3, 1868
369(2)
From Adam C. Reinoehl, March 3, 1868
371(1)
From the Ku Klux Klan, [c. March 10, 1868?]
371(1)
To John W. Forney, March 11, 1868
372(2)
From James H. Clements, March 14, 1868
374(1)
From Richard Plumer, March 15?, 1868
374(1)
From Samuel Tinsley, March 15, 1868
375(2)
"State Governments Republican in Form," March 18, 1868
377(9)
From Frederick A. Dockray, March 18, 1868
386(2)
From Charles S. Spencer, March 20, 1868
388(1)
From John L. Pennington, March 22, 1868
389(1)
Remarks on Taxing Southerners, March 27, 1868
390(1)
Speech on the Readmission of Alabama, March 28, 1868
391(5)
To Vinnie Ream [Hoxie], March 28, 1868
396(1)
From Jacob Blanchard, April 2, 1868
396(1)
From the Ku Klux Klan, April 10, 1868
397(1)
From Charles C. Pomeroy, April 14, 1868
398(1)
To Jacob Blanchard, April 16, 1868
398(1)
From William C. Burton, April 17, 1868
399(1)
From Horace Greeley, April 20, 1868
400(1)
Speech at the Impeachment Trial of Andrew Johnson, April 27, 1868
401(17)
Remarks on the Alta Vela Incident, May 6, 1868
418(4)
From Thomas A. Scott, May 13, 1868
422(1)
Speech on the Readmission of States, May 14, 1868
422(6)
From Alexander H. Hood, May 16, 1868
428(1)
To John Sweney, May 17, 1868
428(1)
Remarks on the Johnson Impeachment Trial, May 18, 1868
429(3)
To Edwin M. Stanton, May 20, 1868
432(1)
From Alexander H. Hood, May 23, 1868
432(2)
From Daniel Richards, May 25, 1868
434(2)
From J. D. Hopkins, May 28, 1868
436(2)
To Vinnie Ream [Hoxie], [June 16, 1868]
438(1)
To Henry Carpenter, June 23, 1868
439(1)
To [Samuel Shoch?], June 24, 1868
440(2)
From John D. Perry, June 24, 1868
442(1)
To Charles S. Spencer, June 27, 1868
443(1)
Remarks on Education Priorities, July 2, 1868
443(2)
Speech on the Impeachment of the President, July 7, 1868
445(20)
From John Law, July 15, 1868
465(2)
Remarks on Treaty-Making Power and Universal Suffrage, July 16, 1868
467(3)
Remarks on Legal Tender, July 17, 1868
470(3)
To John Law, July 21, 1868
473(1)
To Sam Mott Fridy, July 23, 1868
473(1)
To John Work Garrett, July 31, 1868
474(1)
To Thaddeus Stevens Jr., July 31, 1868
475(1)
From George W. Matthews, August 2, 1868
475(2)
Index 477

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