CHAPTER XVII

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THE PRESIDENCY OF GENERAL GRANT--THE REPUBLICAN CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE.

Work in the campaign of 1868--Mr. Chandler's re-election to the Senate--The Fifteenth Amendment and the Civil Rights bill--Edwin M. Stanton's death and the fund for his family--Mr. Chandler's opposition to Southern war claims--His purchase of the Confederate archives--The value of these documents--Election of Senator Ferry--Mr. Chandler's fidelity to his friends--His denunciation of Southern outrages--His comparison of the two parties--His defense of President Grant against Charles Sumner's attacks--The "Salary Grab" opposed by Senator Chandler and his colleague--The Republican Congressional Committee and its efficient work--Intimacy between Mr. Chandler and James M. Edmunds--The latter's usefulness. 298

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