[171] C. G., 40th Congress, 3d session, p. 3. [172] Richard Taylor, _Destruction and Reconstruction_. [173] K. K. R., vol. 6, p. 93 (testimony of Augustus R. Wright); p. 274 (testimony of Ambrose R. Wright); p. 236 (testimony of J. H. Christy); p. 818 (testimony of J. E. Brown). [174] _Ibid._, vol. 7, pp. 812, 818 (testimony of J. E. Brown); p. 786 (testimony of B. H. Hill). [175] _Ibid._, vol. 6, pp. 21 (testimony of C. D. Forsythe), 118 (testimony of Aug. R. Wright); vol 7, pp. 988 (testimony of Linton Stephens), 1071. [176] _Ibid._, vol. 6, pp. 426, 440 (testimony of J. H. Caldwell), 108 (testimony of Aug. R. Wright); vol. 7, p. 818 (testimony of J. E. Brown). [177] _Ibid._, vol. 6, p. 344 (testimony of J. B. Gordon). [178] C. G., 41st Congress, 2d session, p. 1929 (Trumbull's remarks). [179] Report of committee on reconstruction, H. M. D., 40th Congress, 3d session, no. 52, pp. 12 (testimony of Akerman), 27 (testimony of J. E. Bryant). [180] K. K. R., vol. 6, p. 107 (testimony of Aug. R. Wright). [181] K. K. R., vol. 7, p. 838 (testimony of C. W. Howard). [182] This statement is corroborated by the testimony of B. H. Hill, K. K. R., vol. 7, p. 767. [183] C. G., 40th Congress, 3d session, p. 2. [184] S. R., 40th Congress, 3d session, no. 192. [185] C. G., 40th Congress, 3d session, p. 27. [186] _Ibid._, p. 144. [187] _Ibid._, pp. 10 and 674. [188] H. M. D., 40th Congress, 3d session, no. 52. [189] U. S. L., vol. 15, Public Laws, p. 257. [190] C. G., 40th Congress, 3d session, pp. 934, 976. A precedent for this rule was found in the similar treatment of Missouri's electoral vote in 1821. [191] C. C. 40th Congress, 3d session, pp. 1057, ff. [192] G. C., 1867-8, p. 567. [193] C. G., 41st Congress, 1st session, pp. 16, 18. The committee of elections reported on Jan. 28, 1870, that the Georgia representatives were not entitled to seats in the 41st Congress, having sat in the 40th. R. C., 41st Congress, 2d session, no. 16. [194] C. G., 41st Congress, 1st session, pp. 8, 263, 591. [195] U. S. L., vol. 15, appendix, p. xii. [196] W. A. Dunning, _The Civil War and Reconstruction_, pp. 226-228, 243. [197] S. J., 1869, p. 806; H. J., p. 610. [198] C. G., 41st Congress, 2d session, p. 251. [199] _Ibid._, p. 4. [200] H. M. D., 40th Congress, 3d session, no. 52. [201] S. D., 41st Congress, 2d session, no. 3. [202] _Ibid._ Halleck's annual report of Nov. 6, 1869, speaks to the same effect. R. S. W., 1869, abridged edition, p. 70. [203] C. G., 41st Congress, 2d session, p. 246. [204] U. S. L., vol. 16, Pub. Laws, p. 59. [205] C. G., 41st Congress, 2d session, p. 1710 (Lawrence's speech). [206] _Ibid._, pp. 165 (Carpenter's speech) and 208 (Conkling's speech). [207] C. G., 41st Congress, 2d session, p. 2062. [208] _Ibid._, p. 1710 (Lawrence's speech). [209] G. O. T. M. D., 1868, no. 90.