A history of the United States of America; its people and its institutions . candidate Ulysses S. Grant, the greatgeneral of the war, Schuyler Colfax, of Indiana, being asso-ciated with him as Vice-President. The Democratic partynominated Horatio Seymour, late governor of New received two hundred and fourteen electoral votesout of two hundred and ninety-four, and was elected. 2. (Brants BDministration. Harmony Restored.—The inauguration of General Grantas President of the United States put an end to the unfor-tunate controversy between the ex-ecutive and legislative branches ofthe g
A history of the United States of America; its people and its institutions . candidate Ulysses S. Grant, the greatgeneral of the war, Schuyler Colfax, of Indiana, being asso-ciated with him as Vice-President. The Democratic partynominated Horatio Seymour, late governor of New received two hundred and fourteen electoral votesout of two hundred and ninety-four, and was elected. 2. (Brants BDministration. Harmony Restored.—The inauguration of General Grantas President of the United States put an end to the unfor-tunate controversy between the ex-ecutive and legislative branches ofthe government which had existedfor four years, and which had workedto the disadvantage of the partiesimmediately concerned, the seced-ing States of the South. With theaccession of President Grant har-mony between the several branchesof the government was restored andthe period of hostile relations cameto an Fifteenth Amendment.—The privilege of the suf-frage which had been given to the negroes under the pro-visional governments of the Southern States was confirmed. Ulybsjis S. Grant. ^ In 1877, on the close of Grants second term, he made a tour of theworld, visiting Europe, Northern Africa, India, China, and Japan. Hewas looked upon as the foremost military genius of the age, and hisjourney was an ovation from beginning to end, all nations seeking todo him honor. He died of cancer, at Mount McGregor, New York, in1885. His magnificent tomb on the Hudson has become a place of pil-grimage to visitors to New York City. GRANTS ADMINISTRATION. 419 in a new amendment to the Constitution, which providedthat the right to vote in any part of this country should notbe denied on account of race, color, or previous conditionof servitude. This gave to negroes the same rights ofvoting as to whites. It was adopted by the requisite num-ber of States in 1870. The adoption of the three newamendments was required of the four States—Virginia,Georgia, Mississippi, and Texas—still without
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