Andrew Johnson actually said...

I transmit herewith a report from the Secretary of War and the accompanying papers

It should be remembered, however, that this power is wholly negative and conservative in its character, and was intended to operate as a che...

I yield to no one in attachment to that rule of general suffrage which distinguishes our policy as a nation.

Nor does it accord with our republican ideas that the principle of self-government should lose its force when applied to the residents of th...