But they all indorsed President Johnson; the despot of Tennessee, the tory who had deserted his section and attempted to grind down his people; the drunken tailor and demagogue, had suddenly become the pattern of all statesmanlike virtues.
Reid criticizes President Johnson, highlighting his perceived failures and contradictions.
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We are all washed under, and the most of us only live peaceable lives by the sufferance of our Rebel neighbors.
Public sentiment was against the sale of lands to the Yankees; “Get white laborers,” they urged, “and in a year you’ll make enough to be able to hold on to your lands.
Extravagant living left nearly every planter enormously in debt when the war came.
The danger commences with the first extra-continental State.