Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Beam-Week-3 Title A name given to the resource This Week in Reconstruction, May 15-22, 1866 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Brooke Beam Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource May 15-22, 1866 Description An account of the resource Tension between Johnson and the Radical Republicans heats up, and neither side of the political spectrum is willing to give in. Johnson makes efforts to execute his promised policies while Radicals search for ways to weaken his power so their bills can be passed. A conference of the Reconstruction Committee believes efforts should be made to eliminate the third section of the amendment which will disfranchise all previous Confederates for four years. A revised clause would replace this section, only depriving former rebel leaders of the right to hold office. Seeing the possible devastation of being excluded from government, eight million potentially disfranchised white Southerners argue that their political, commercial and social relations between the North must be resolved as soon as possible. Damages of war have left the South in financial ruin, and Congress resolves that the national debt which would be imposed on general government should be placed on the Southern states which tried to secede. The South's agricultural labor system has changed due to the removal of slaves, but planters now express relief from burdens of managing unproductive women, children and elders. The Freedmen's Bureau faces opposition in the South where they are seen as an obstacle of Reconstruction. Southerners even charge Freedmen's Bureau officers in Virginia with public wrongdoing. The Union Republican Party of Virginia holds its first meetings and advocates enfranchisement for blacks. Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Transcription Any written text transcribed from a sound Unconditional Union Convention. Alexandria, May 17.- The Unconditional Union Convention met to-day. A. B. Wardwell, of Richmond, was appointed chairman. John Minor Botts was present. The Convention was addressed by Horace Maynard. The attendance is very small. SECOND DISPATCH Washington, May 17.- The Union State Convention of Virginia met in the room of the United States Court at Alexandria this morning. There was a large attendance of delegates. URL http://virginiachronicle.com/cgi-bin/virginia?a=d&d=DD18660518.1.3&dliv=none&st=1&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN------- Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1866-05-18 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context BeamBrooke-18660518-UnconditionalUnionConvention.pdf Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Richmond Daily Dispatch Title A name given to the resource Unconditional Union Convention