A Constitutional Amendment proposed and postponed -- Proposition by Mr. Stewart -- The Reconstruction Amendment -- Death of its Predecessor lamented -- Opposition to the Disfranchisement of Rebels -- "The Unrepentent Thirty-three" -- Nine-tenths Reduced to One-twelfth -- Advice to Congress -- The Committee denounced -- Democratic and Republican Policy compared -- Authority without Power -- A Variety of Opinions -- An Earthquake predicted -- The Joint Resolution passes the House. CHAPTER XVIII.--The Reconstruction Amendment in the Senate. (Page 452-455.) Difference between Discussions in the House and in the Senate -- Mr. Sumner proposes to postpone -- Mr. Howard takes Charge of the Amendment -- Substitutes proposed -- The Republicans in Council -- The Disfranchising Clause stricken out -- Humorous Account by Mr. Hendricks -- The Pain and Penalties of not holding Office -- A Senator's Piety appealed to -- Howe vs. Doolittle -- Marketable Principles -- Praise of the President -- Mr. McDougall's Charity -- Vote of the Senate -- Concurrence in the House. CHAPTER XIX.--Report of the Committee on Reconstruction. (Page 466-472.) An important State Paper -- Work of the Committee -- Difficulty of obtaining information -- Theory of the President -- Taxation and Representation -- Disposition and doings of the Southern People -- Conclusion of the Committee -- Practical Recommendations. CHAPTER XX.--Restoration of Tennessee. (Page 473-482.) Assembling of the Tennessee Legislature -- Ratification of the Constitutional Amendment -- Restoration of Tennessee proposed in Congress -- The Government of Tennessee not Republican -- Protest against the Preamble -- Passage in the House -- New Preamble proposed -- The President's Opinion deprecated and disregarded -- Passage in the Senate -- The President's Approval and Protest -- Admission of Tennessee Members -- Mr. Patterson's Case. CHAPTER XXI.--Negro Suffrage. (Page 483-501.) Review of the preceding action -- Efforts of Mr. Yates for Unrestricted Suffrage -- Davis's Amendment to Cuvier -- The "Propitious Hour" -- The Mayor's Remonstrance -- Mr. Willey's Amendment -- Mr. Cowan's Amendment for Female Suffrage -- Attempt to out-radical the Radicals -- Opinions for and against Female Suffrage -- Reading and Writing as a Qualification -- Passage of the Bill -- Objections of the President -- Two Senators on the Opinions of the People -- The Suffrage Bill becomes a Law. CHAPTER XXII.--The Military Reconstruction Act. (Page 502-551.)