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Views on public affairs and Southern relations after the war
The Hon. John Bell of Tennessee explains delays in replying to George Baker, discusses Reconstruction politics, President Johnsons policies, and the Souths future under military rule. He argues against radical Republican aims, warns of an alleged despotism in the South, and addresses suffrage, negro testimony, and the legacy of the Revolution.
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