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Debate on Reconstruction Policy and Negro Suffrage
Senator Hendricks argues that Lincoln era and Johnson policies disenfranchise whites while empowering blacks, citing registration disparities and risk of racial conflict. He reads from 1865 statements and Stevens letters, denouncing a constitutionally outside reconstruction and defending states rights amid violent resistance.
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United States
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Montgomery Advertiser
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Dr. Dawson
Chunnemuggy Ridge
North Carolina
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C. M. A. Griffin
Fountain Fill
Pitman
House of Representatives
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Virginia
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Mr. Hendricks
Pennsylvania
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Mr. Fesenden
Mr. Fessenden
Sen Tor
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