Andrew Johnson actually said...

"No consideration could induce me to give my approval to such an election law for any purpose, and especially for the great purpose of framing the constitution of a State."

"When this shall have been consummated, I pray God that the errors of the past may be forgotten and that once more we shall be a happy, united, and prosperous people, and that at last, after the bitter..."

"I have considered the bill entitled 'An act supplementary to an act entitled 'An act to provide for the more efficient government of the rebel States,'' passed March 2, 1867, and to facilitate restora..."

"All this legislation proceeds upon the contrary assumption that the people of each of these States shall have no constitution except such as may be arbitrarily dictated by Congress and formed under th..."