In every form in which the argument could be presented, they disputed the right of power to attach any condition whatever to the re-admission of the rebel States to a free participation in the proceedings of Congress.
Blaine asserts that no conditions should be placed on the re-admission of rebel states to Congress.
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In my judgment our sole authority for the acts which we have done during the last four years was the authority communicated to Congress by the Constitution to suppress insurrection.
As slavery had been the chief inciting cause of disunion, slavery should die.
I have long since wished that capital punishment were abolished.
If you are not ready to be the Moses of an oppressed people, do not become their Pharaoh.
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