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On the recordSeptember 3, 1866
He who is opposed to the restoration of this government and the reunion of the States, is as great a traitor as Jeff. Davis or Wendell Phillips.
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Andrew Johnson
Democratic · Tennessee

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Remarks in Cleveland, Ohio

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