New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-09-05
PREPARED BY

HON. EDWARD MCPHERSON, Ii. D,
Clerk ofthe United States House ofRepresentattves
Whose political works have always been c1arac.
terized By such thoroughness, accuracy and impair
TALLY as to make them absolutely Indispensable
to American statesmen, politicians, lawyers stu.
dents of history journalists and intelligent think
ers of all classes and all political parties by whom
they are freely used and quoted as
UNDoUBTED AUTHORITY.
| McPherson's Hand Book for 1872 in variety
scope and interest of matter surpasses all politc4
| guide books hitherto published. 1t is work
about no pages, 8vo double column handsomely
| bound in durable cloth-size and shapesvery con
venient to carry while campaigning. It will be o
uniform style with Mr.. McPhersons other political
publications, and will form with them continuous
series, illustrating by papers, votes and figures the
progress of political thought and action and tne
relations of parties to all important public ques.
tions. It will cover the two years which have
elapsed since the issue of his Handbook of Politics
for 1870, no manual having been Issued by him in
1871.
Besides much other invaluable political data the
following are embraced in its
CONTENTS
List of members of the Cabinet of President
Grant.
Lst of Senators and Representatives in the Forty
first and Forty second Congresses
The second and third annual messages, and the
special messages of President Grant, on San Do
mingO, Test-oath, Lawlessness in South Carolina
aud others, as we'll as all his political pr0ciana-
tons and orders issued since 1870.
Full text of the enforcement acts of the Forty
first and Forty second Congresses and the XII.
hiux act OF the Forty-second Congress, with the
various votes thereon,
Full text of the thirteenth, fourteenth and dE
teenth constitutional amendments, with votes IN
House respecting their validity.
Yea and nay votes in Congress on measures az
Fectng the tariff and taxation, including the acton
on tea coffee, salt, coal, etc
Votes OH the several propositions of amnesty
and full record of the bills in Senate ami House
to provide for the further security of the equal
rights of citizens
The various propositions of amendment to the
constitution of the United States made i'll the
F0rty-hrst and F0rty-sec0nd Congresses.
The amendments proposed and made to State
constitutions in nlisois, Louisiana, Michigan
North Carolina Nebraska, Rhode Island West Vlr-
ginia and Wisconsin.
The rules of the Civil Service Commission and
the additional rules of the Advisory Board t0aetber
with action of Congress and the President on this
Full text of the eight hour law. with oDinion Of
Attorney General Hoar as to its effect order of
President Grant to carry it out, and votes in Con
gress as to it's meaning.
common school systems in the various States, and
votes.
ate and House upon the right of women to vote
under the fourteenth amendment with addtiOua.
cent action in the Legislatures of Iowa, Maine and
A tabular statement giving the popular and
electoral vote Of each State in 1853 together with
the aggregate popular vote for the two preceding
presidential elections; the vote at State elections
IN 1870! 1871 and 1879 the appOrtionment of repre-
sentati0n of the several States in Congress- and
the vote in the electoral college, by States and sec.
tions under the census of 1860 and 1879, together
with the population of each State Under the census
of 1860 and 1870, and its relative rank ia the family
of States.
Also tabular statement showing the re-
celpts OF the government from every source, fOv
each fiscal year from 1853 to 1872, classified under
the respective heads of customs, internal revenue
direct taxes, public lands and miscellaneous
sources
Also tabulated exhibit of the expenditures of
the government during tile same period, under the
several heads of civil list, foreign intercourse
dams, miscellaneous, and the amount of interest
on the public debt annually paid in those years;
accompanied by detailed statement, taken from
official sources of the leading items for each wear
gong to make up the totals for the above heads
with table of gold huctuatio exhibiting the
changes IN value OF United States currency IRON
the period of its first issue until it reached tha
comparatively settled standard it now enjoys, and
other iute esting details connected with the same
giving an opportunity for full comparison and
an exhaustive examination of the sources of ez-
pendlture.
The work will also contain the text of the de-
cision OF the United States Supreme Court, known
as the legal tender decision Of 1911.
An authentic copy of the treaty of Washington
and the Johnson-Clarendon treaty viii be found in
its richly stored pages
Also, the political platforms of 1871 and I872-fn
GLIDING the full text of those of the various
national conventions and the proceedings thereof
and the main features of the Republican and Demo
cratic platforms in many of the States Including
the Missouri Liberal Republican and the Mont,
as the new departure"
The book also contains tabular statement of
the puDhc deDt OF the United States up to July OF
each year, from 1857 to 1872 inclusive together
with the amount of.debt due at the close of every
since the formation of the present
government, ana table of revenue reductions
giving the official estimates of the annual reEuc-
ton IN internal and customs revenues by leg:sla-
ton since the act of 1856.
Also, table showing the wealth local debt and
taxation in each State and Territory, and another
exhibiting the comparative quantities and values
of agricultural lands products, etc. in 1850 1860
and l8lg prepared from advance sheets of the cen,
Also an accurate tabulated exhibit of the total
quantity of public lands i'll thss c0untry-with the
number of acres sold, entered for homestead
granted Tor military services agricultural col
eges, railroads, canals, wagon roads, cOmpanies
individuals, corporations, States and Territories,
etc; and the amount in each of the
States and Territories remaining unsoId aud unap-
propEated, together with estimate of the number
Of acres called for by all the railroad land grants
road companies are likely to receive
Also the text of the Texas Pacific and BavfeId
ana st. Crox railroad acts considered in the Forty
7Otes thereon. 1l'0''
Also the yea and nay votes upon all the poiticaI
ESQ ut0ns-such as on the right Of secession am.
lesty, the restoration of the Arlington estate to
ne Lees and Others-in the last session of the For
congress. '1o %01'S seoouu
In addition to the above will be found 1arga
,arllety OF miscellaneous matter not necessary 70
art ula1 ize-tho whole forming a volume abso
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