CHAPTER XIII.—First Words on Reconstruction.
(Page 307-323.)
Responsibility of the Republican Party — Its Power and
Position — Initiatory Step — Mr. Stevens speaks for
himself — Condition of the Rebel States — Constitutional
Authority under which Congress should act — Estoppel —
What Constitutes Congress — The First Duty — Basis of
Representation — Duty on exports — Two Important
Principles — Mr. Raymond's Theory — Rebel States still in
the Union — Consequences of the Radical Theory —
Conditions to be required — State Sovereignty — Rebel Debt
— Prohibition of Slavery — Two Policies contrasted —
Reply of Mr. Jenckes — Difference in Terms, not in
Substance — Logic of the Conservatives leads to the Results
of the Radicals.