...said he, "above all things, is not an easy and quick return to their forfeited rights in the Union, but government, the strong arm of power, outstretched from the central authority here in Washington, making it safe for the freedmen of the South, safe for her loyal white men, safe for emigrants from...

...said he, " above all things, is not an easy and quick return to their forfeited rights in the Union, but government, the strong arm of power, outstretched from the central authority here in Washington, making it safe for the freedmen of the South, safe for her loyal white men, safe for emigrants from...

...regions need, above all things, is not an easy and quick return to their forfeited rights in the Union, but government, the strong arm of power, outstretched from the central authority here in Washington, making it safe for the freedmen of the South, safe for her loyal white men, safe for emigrants from...

...without a program, a situation not all Republicans regretted. On the same day as Bingham's success, Julian warned against precipitous action. What the...proposed, should be governed directly from Washington and only readmitted at "some indefinite future time" when its "political and social elements" had been...

...noted in 1867, the only way to achieve "justice and equality... for the freedmen of the South" was by "the strong arm of power, outstretched from the central authority here in Washington." As Congressman James Garfield, a future Republican president, put it also in 1867, "we must plant the...