. A brief history of the United States . t by iron bands,has carried thousands of pioneers into the hitherto wild country along its route,developed fresh sources ofindustry and mines ofwealth, and opened theUnited States to the silks,teas, and spices of ingenuity hassolved the problem whichfoiled Columbus and theolden navigators. It hasmade for itself a route toIndia. Tlie Fifteenth Amend-ment, which guarantees toall the right of suffrage, irrespective of **race, color, or pre-vious condition of- servitude, having been ratified by therequisite number of States, was formally annou
. A brief history of the United States . t by iron bands,has carried thousands of pioneers into the hitherto wild country along its route,developed fresh sources ofindustry and mines ofwealth, and opened theUnited States to the silks,teas, and spices of ingenuity hassolved the problem whichfoiled Columbus and theolden navigators. It hasmade for itself a route toIndia. Tlie Fifteenth Amend-ment, which guarantees toall the right of suffrage, irrespective of **race, color, or pre-vious condition of- servitude, having been ratified by therequisite number of States, was formally announced as apart of the Constitution, by Hamilton Fish, Secretary ofState, March 30, 1870. Prosperity of the Country.—The nation rapidly recoveredfrom the effects of war. The price of gold fell to 110, andthe national debt was reduced $204,000,000 during the firsttwo years of this administration. A general amnesty to allconnected with the Civil War was proclaimed, and the bitterfeeHngs engendered by fraternal strife fast melted away. The. ULYSSES S. GRANT. the natnral-graps pastures daring the whole winter; while, In Washington Territory,roses blossom the year around. For the construction of this road public lands havebeen given by Congress, to the amount of over 80,000,000 acres, which is considerablyin excess of the total area of the six New England States. The length of this roadwill be 1,800 miles, with a branch of 200 miles to Portland, Oregon. The SouthernPacific is to extend from Shreveport, La., to San Diego, Cal., a distance of 1,514miles. This will run through a country so mild as to avoid the necessity of the snow-sheds which form so singular a feature of the Central Pacific. GKANTS ADMIKISTKATION. 289 South, devastated and scourged by the march of contendingarmies, accustomed herself to the novel conditions of freelabor, rebuilt her railroads, cultivated her fields, and re-paired the ravages of war. The census of 1870 showed thatthe population of the United St
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