Andrew Johnson actually said...

"It should induce us to pause in a course of legislation which, looking solely to the attainment of political ends, fails to consider the rights it transgresses, the law which it violates, or the insti..."

"This is a bill passed by Congress in time of peace."

"It reduces the whole population of the ten States--all persons, of every color, sex, and condition, and every stranger within their limits--to the most abject and degrading slavery."

"I have carefully examined the bill 'to regulate the tenure of certain civil offices.'"