By a singular Providence, we are constrained to this measure of Enfranchisement for the sake of peace, security, and reconciliation, so that loyal persons, white or black, may be protected, and that the Republic may live.
He describes the necessity of enfranchisement as a means to achieve peace and protect loyal citizens after the Civil War.
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