REMARKS IN THE SENATE, ON A RESOLUTION TO HASTEN RECONSTRUCTION, MAY 2,
1866.
Mr. Dixon, of Connecticut, gave notice of his intention to
offer, as a substitute for the bills and resolution reported by
the Joint Committee on Reconstruction, the following:--
“That the interests of peace and the interests of the Union
require the admission of every State to its share in public
legislation, whenever it presents itself, not only in an
attitude of loyalty and harmony, but in the persons of
representatives whose loyalty cannot be questioned under
any constitutional or legal test.”