Those conditions--applying to all the States alike, to the loyal and the disloyal in the same measure--must be honorably agreed to by the States that had gone into Disunion before they should be permitted to resume and enjoy the blessings of Union.
Blaine states that all states must agree to certain conditions before being allowed back into the Union.
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Durant speaks of no duty, apparently thinks of none resting upon Southern Union men.
The Northern people shrank from the responsibility of transferring the government of States to the control of men who had already shown themselves capable of desperate deeds.
Such an opportunity would have been a menace to the public credit, and would have proved a constant source of corruption.
If you are not ready to be the Moses of an oppressed people, do not become their Pharaoh.
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