Diary of Gideon Welles, Vol. 3
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Excerpt from Diary of Gideon Welles, Vol. 3: Secretary of the Navy Under Lincoln and Johnson; January 1, 1867-June 6, 1869 Cabinet Discussion of the Message vetoing the District of Columbia Reorganization Bill - The Bay of Samana Purchase Scheme meets with Difficulties - Congress overrides the Veto - Representative Ashley of Ohio introduces a Resolution to impeach the President - Seward submits to the Cabinet the Articles of a Proposed Treaty with Prussia - An Amnesty Proclamation agreed upon - The President asks the Opinions of the Cabinet Members in regard to Territorializing the States - Senator Grimes as Chairman of the Naval Committee - General Grant´s Position on the District of Columbia Suffrage Bill - His Lack of Political Principles - The Senatorial Fight in Pennsylvania results in the Nomination of Cameron - Roscoe Conkling nominated in New York - Cabinet Discussion of the Right of a Territory to organize itself as a State - The Senatorial Elections - Conkling, Cameron, and Trumbull - The Italian and Chilian Missions - Motley resigns as Minister to Austria- Seward´s Calls at the Capitol - The Cabinet decides not to sell out the Dunderberg to the Contractor - The Swatara returning from Nice with Surratt - Action of the House in regard to the Ship Idaho - The President vetoes the Colorado and Nebraska Bills - The Army moving to get Possession of the Indian Bureau - A Committee from North Carolina submits a Reconstruction Proposal to the President. January 1, 1867, Tuesday. I neither called on the President nor did I receive this New Year´s Day. My nephew, Robert G. Welles, was buried this p.m. Funeral at his father´s in Glastonbury. January 4, Friday. At the Cabinet to-day the President read his veto message on the bill reorganizing the District of Columbia, which excluded those who had given comfort to the Rebels but allowed negroes to vote. I was not aware until to-day that the bill had been sent him. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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