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This is the measure which will efface the sad memory of the past; this is the measure which will most certainly call population and capital and security to those parts of the Union that need them most.
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Andrew Johnson
Democratic · Tennessee

Editor's note · Context

Johnson believes that certain measures will help heal the nation and attract people and resources to struggling areas.

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