It was common at the North to regard such men as the leading criminals of the rebellion, but I would rather trust General Yorke in Congress, unpardoned Rebel as he is, than a single one of the pardoned Congressmen elect from Mississippi or Louisiana.
Reid expresses a preference for unpardoned rebels over certain pardoned Congressmen, highlighting his views on trust and loyalty post-Civil War.
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