blocked by refusal of Congress to receive representatives, [221];
usually associated with new constitutions, [221], [222];
method laid down in amnesty proclamation, [222]-[226];
difficulties in way of, [228], [229];
extremist proposals concerning, [229];
Reconstruction bill passed, [230]-[232];
bill for, vetoed by Lincoln, [233], [334];
later statements of Lincoln concerning, [236]-[238];
involved in Sherman's terms of surrender given to Johnston, [238], [239];