I know very well that this policy is attended with some risk; that for its success it requires at least the acquiescence of the States which it concerns; that it implies an invitation to those States, by renewing their allegiance to the United States, to resume their functions as States of the Union.
Johnson discusses the risks and responsibilities associated with states renewing their allegiance to the Union after the Civil War.
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