our republican Government firm and stable forever. Sarah Stevens took care of the farm and raised four Stevens brothers. He focused much of his political attention on civil rights, eventually. electors; and I know of no better place nor better Thaddeus Stevens, (born April 4, 1792, Danville, Vermont, U.S.died August 11, 1868, Washington, D.C.), U.S. By 1866, the Radical Republicans had taken significant control of Congress, due in no small part to Stevens's leadership. [Washington, D. . In failing health, Stevens had requested to be buried in Shreiner-Concord Cemetery in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, because the state accepted all races. Mr. Speaker, I am very anxious that this bill should be proceeded with until finally acted upon. Whether they should ever have all men of both sections, without exception, agreed would depend on the will of Congress, if the United States were victorious. A majority of Congress desires that treason shall be made odious, not by bloody executions, but by other adequate punishments. . As both a Southerner (who had remained loyal to the Union) and a Democrat, Johnson was hard-pressed to implement Lincoln's plan, especially in the face of a public discourse dominated by Thaddeus Stevens and the Radical Republicans. This becomes more and more necessary every day; and the late decision of the Supreme Court of the United States has rendered immediate action by Congress upon the question of the establishment of governments in the rebel States absolutely indispensable. Congress is to pass a law declaring the condition of these . [Radical Republican Thaddeus Stevens was a Congressman from Pennsylvania and one of the primary champions of Congressional measures like the Civil Rights Act of 1866, the Fourteenth Amendment, and the Reconstruction Act of 1867. Congress denies him all power in the matter, except those of advice, and has determined to maintain such denial. There are several good reasons for the passage of this bill [Military Reconstruction Act]. Thus much I have said at the outset of my remarks, which shall not be very long. what its framers intended; and so as to secure perpetual Link couldn't be copied to clipboard! Thaddeus Stevens: Speech to Congress - WikiSummaries
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