He was blind, therefore, who failed to see that any government then set in motion by the votes of these Rebel Louisianans, must be composed of Rebel officers, chosen because they were known to be in full sympathy with their Rebel electors.
Reid asserts that any government formed by the votes of former Confederates would be composed of individuals sympathetic to the rebellion.
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