PRESIDENT GRANT'S SECOND INAUGURATION.--COMPLAINS OF PARTISAN ABUSE.-- ORGANIZATION OF FORTY-THIRD CONGRESS.--PROMINENT MEMBERS OF SENATE AND HOUSE.--DEATH OF CHARLES SUMNER.--IMPRESSIVE FUNERAL CEREMONIES.-- SINGULAR REMINISCENCE BY MR. DAVIS.--SPEECH BY MR. LAMAR.--CAREER OF ALEXANDER H. STEPHENS.--GOVERNMENT OF DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.--RADICAL CHANGE.--GREAT IMPROVEMENT.--ALEXANDER R. SHEPHERD.--REPUBLICAN REVERSE, 1874.--DEMOCRATIC HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.--MICHAEL C. KERR, SPEAKER.--MEMBERS OF SENATE AND HOUSE.--RADICAL CHANGES.--ANDREW JOHNSON IN THE SENATE.--HIS SPEECH.--DIES AT HIS HOME IN TENNESSEE.-- CONDITION OF THE SOUTH.--AMNESTY.--AMENDMENT TO EXCEPT JEFFERSON DAVIS. --BILL DEFEATED. CHAPTER XXIV. THE PUBLIC CREDIT.--FIRST LAW ENACTED UNDER PRESIDENT GRANT.-- DEMOCRATIC OPPOSITION.--THURMAN, GARRETT DAVIS, BAYARD.--PRESIDENT GRANT'S FIRST MESSAGE.--FUNDING BILLS DISCUSSED.--ACTION OF BOTH HOUSES.--DEBATES.--FURTHER REDUCTION OF REVENUE.--PREMIUM ON GOLD.-- MEETING OF FORTY-SECOND CONGRESS.--FINANCIAL DEBATES.--FINANCIAL PANIC OF 1873.--FORTY-THIRD CONGRESS MEETS.--PRESIDENT GRANT'S POSITION.-- ABOLITION OF MOIETIES.--SPECIE PAYMENTS.--RESUMPTION ACT.--SPECIAL MESSAGE OF THE PRESIDENT.--ADMISSION OF COLORADO.--DEATH OF SPEAKER KERR.--SAMUEL J. RANDALL HIS SUCCESSOR. CHAPTER XXV. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION OF 1876.--REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES FOR NOMINATION.-- CONVENTION AT CINCINNATI, JUNE 14, 1876.--REPUBLICAN PLATFORM.-- BALLOTING.--NOMINATION OF HAYES AND WHEELER.--DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION.--SAMUEL J. TILDEN THE PRINCIPAL CANDIDATE.--HIS CAREER.-- OTHER DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES.--TILDEN AND HENDRICKS NOMINATED.-- DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM.--THE CANVASS.--THE RESULT.--DOUBTFUL STATE.-- POPULAR EXCITEMENT.--DISPUTE IN LOUISIANA, FLORIDA, SOUTH CAROLINA.-- PRESIDENT GRANT'S COURSE.--A PORTENTOUS QUESTION.--ELECTORAL COMMISSION.--MEMBERS.--QUESTIONS BEFORE THEM.--DECISION.--HAYES AND WHEELER ELECTED.--SUBSEQUENT INVESTIGATION.--POTTER COMMISSION.-- DISCOVERY OF TELEGRAMS.--ATTEMPTS AT BRIBERY IN THE SOUTH. CHAPTER XXVI. INAUGURATION OF PRESIDENT HAYES.--HIS SOUTHERN POLICY.--APPOINTMENT OF HIS CABINET.--ORGANIZATION OF SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.--RE- ELECTION OF SPEAKER RANDALL.--SILVER DISCUSSION.--COINAGE OF SILVER DOLLAR.--REPORT OF SILVER COMMISSION.--DISCUSSION ON SILVER QUESTION.-- PRODUCT OF SILVER AND GOLD.--THIRTY-TWO YEARS OF EACH.--NAVIGATION INTERESTS.--LOSS OF GROUND BY THE UNITED STATES.--REASON THEREFOR.-- HOW CAN IT BE REGAINED? CHAPTER XXVII. THE QUESTION OF THE FISHERIES.--ORIGIN OF AMERICAN RIGHTS.--EARLY DISPUTES.--TREATY OF 1782.--TREATY OF GHENT.--TREATY OF 1818.-- RECIPROCITY TREATY.--JOINT HIGH COMMISSION.--FISHERIES QUESTION TO BE ARBITRATED.--SELECTION OF ARBITRATORS.--NEGOTIATION FOR RECIPROCITY TREATY.--THE HALIFAX AWARD.--ITS LARGE AMOUNT.--DISSATISFACTION.-- ACTION OF SENATE.--CORRESPONDENCE WITH THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT.--MR. EVARTS AND LORD SALISBURY. CHAPTER XXVIII.