Government

477 Pope and the Newspapers 485 Trials by Military Commissions 487 Registration and Disfranchisement 488 Elections and the Convention 491 Removal of Pope and Swayne 492 Administration of General George G. Meade 493 Registration and Elections 493 Administration of Civil Affairs 495 Trials by Military Commissions 498 The Soldiers and the Citizens 500 From Martial Law to Carpet-bag Rule 501   CHAPTER XIII The Campaign of 1867 Attitude of the Whites 503 Organization of the Radical Party in Alabama 505 Conservative Opposition Aroused 512 The Negro’s First Vote 514   CHAPTER XIV The “Reconstruction” Convention Character of the Convention 517 The Race Question 521 Debates on Disfranchisement of Whites 524 Legislation by the Convention 528   CHAPTER XV The “Reconstruction” Completed “Convention” Candidates 531 Campaign on the Constitution 534 Vote on the Constitution 538 The Constitution fails of Adoption 541 The Alabama Question in Congress 547 Alabama readmitted to the Union 550   CHAPTER XVI The Union League of America Origin of the Union League 553 Its Extension to the South 556 Ceremonies of the League 559 Organization and Methods 561   PART VI CARPET-BAG AND NEGRO RULE   CHAPTER XVII Taxation and the Public Debt Taxation during Reconstruction 571 Administrative Expenses 574 Effect on Property Values 578 The Public Bonded Debt 580 The Financial Settlement 583   CHAPTER XVIII Railroad Legislation and Frauds Federal and State Aid to Railroads before the War 587 General Legislation in Aid of Railroads 589 The Alabama and Chattanooga Railroad 591 Other Indorsed Railroads 600 County and Town Aid to Railroads 604   CHAPTER XIX Reconstruction in the Schools School System before Reconstruction 607 School System of Reconstruction 609 Reconstruction of the State University 612 Trouble in the Mobile Schools 618 Irregularities in School Administration 621 Objections to the Reconstruction Education 624 Negro Education 625 Failure of the Educational System 632   CHAPTER XX Reconstruction in the Churches “Disintegration and Absorption” Policy 637 The Methodists 637 The Baptists 640 The Presbyterians 641 The Churches and the Negro during Reconstruction 642 The Baptists and the Negroes 643 The Presbyterians and the Negroes 646 The Roman Catholics 647 The Episcopalians 647 The Methodists and the Negroes 648