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This is a bill designed to enable loyal men, so far as I could discriminate them in these States, to form governments which shall be in loyal hands, that they may protect themselves from such outrages as I have mentioned. delThe Polices of Reconstruction.pdf - The Polices of Reconstruction No one then supposed that those States had any governments, except such as they had formed under their rebel organization. THE RECONSTRUCTION ACTS. But in what have we enlarged their liberty of thought? The law has nothing to do with it. We have broken the material shackles of four million slaves. Summary of assessment methods and tasks The assessment methods that are used in. The long-term effects of Reconstruction - or its failure - are evident in Senator Tillman's speech from 1900. "Reconstruction," Hon. Documents in Detail: Henry Clay's Market Speech, President Lincoln encouraged reconciliation, a respect for the constitutional limits of the authority of the President, the Congress and the states, the South had to be reconstructed in a fundamental way, construct new lives in extraordinarily difficult circumstances, Check out our collection of primary source readers. thaddeus stevens speech on the reconstruction acts summary An ancient philosopher, whose antagonist admitted that what he required was just but deemed it impolitic, asked him: Do you believe in Hades? I would say to those above referred to, who admit the justice of human equality before the law but doubt its policy: Do you believe in heIl?. Congress could prescribe the qualifications of voters while a Territory, or when proceeding to call a convention to form a State government. It is impossible that any practical equality of rights can exist where a few thousand men monopolize the whole landed property. Interior of Tammany Hall, New York: the Democratic Chapter 12: The Peculiar Institution: Positive Goo Chapter 14: John Browns Raid on Harpers Ferry. The cause of the war was all about slavery. President Lincoln, Vice President Johnson, and both branches of Congress repeatedly declared that the belligerent States could never again intermeddle with the affairs of the Union, or claim any right as members of the United States Government until the legislative power of the Government should declare them entitled thereto.