Ratification of the
Virginia Constitution.
At the election ordered by the President, the constitution without these clauses was ratified, and the conservative Republican candidates for office and legislative membership were elected.
At the next session of Congress, in December of 1869, the Senators and Representatives presented themselves for admission. Their claims were
The restoration of
Virginia to her
Federal relations.
The Act of Congress of April 10th empowered the President to deal with the question of Reconstruction in Mississippi in the same manner as in Virginia. By virtue of this power, the President issued a proclamation, on the 13th of July, 1869, commanding the resubmission to the voters of the constitution adopted by the Mississippi convention, on the 15th of May, 1868, and rejected by the voters as stated on a previous page, and designating the 30th day of November, 1869, as the date of the
Ratification of the
Mississippi constitution.