On these points I make bold to repeat what I felt warranted in saying a fortnight ago within sight of Bunker Hill--that there is every evidence that the American people have distinctly and definitely made up their minds.
Reid asserts that the American public has made a definitive decision regarding their stance on governance.
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But proofs were not wanting of the spirit in which, to the very last, the conflict against the Government had been waged.
Congress is supreme, and, for all the purposes of this department, has all the powers of the people of the United States, except such as have been expressly or by implication reserved in the prohibitions of the Constitution.
In November nothing could exceed the hatred which seemed everywhere felt to the freedmen.
We must, then, be prepared with a policy for maintaining it ourselves.