J. Reynolds for orders, to take effect as soon
as replaced.
III. The new Department of Texas will form a part of the Military
Division of the South.
By command of General Sherman:
E.D. TOWNSEND,
_Adjutant-General_.
SECOND ANNUAL MESSAGE.
EXECUTIVE MANSION, _December 5, 1870_.
_To the Senate and House of Representatives:_
A year of peace and general prosperity to this nation has passed since
the last assembling of Congress. We have, through a kind Providence,
been blessed with abundant crops, and have been spared from
complications and war with foreign nations. In our midst comparative
harmony has been restored. It is to be regretted, however, that a free
exercise of the elective franchise has by violence and intimidation been
denied to citizens in exceptional cases in several of the States lately
in rebellion, and the verdict of the people has thereby been reversed.
The States of Virginia, Mississippi, and Texas have been restored to
representation in our national councils. Georgia, the only State now
without representation, may confidently be expected to take her place
there also at the beginning of the new year, and then, let us hope, will
be completed the work of reconstruction.
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