The convention challenged the right of Congress to deny representation to a State, for a single day after the war was ended and submission to the National authority had been proclaimed throughout the area of the Rebellion.
Blaine argues against Congress denying representation to states after the Civil War ended.
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If you are not ready to be the Moses of an oppressed people, do not become their Pharaoh.
Another theory and another practice were now to prevail; for it had been demonstrated to the thoughtful statesmen who then controlled the Government, that every thing which may be done by either Nation or State may be better and more…
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