He voted to confiscate the property of rebels, he stood with Stevens for disfranchising all persons who voluntarily adhered to the late insurrection until July 4, 1870, and he would agree to no plan that operated to disfranchise the coloured population.
This quote reflects the politician's strong stance on civil rights and the treatment of rebels during the Reconstruction era.
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In less than twelve months we shall be in war, and that the bloodiest in history.
No, Sirs! we know very little of the art of war, and General Scott a great deal.
Thoughtful men who reverenced the safeguard known to civil judicial proceedings were appalled.
Gerrit Smith was a noble example of the champions of freedom.
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