At the convening of the legislature, of New York, Democratic (constitutionalist) Governor Horatio Seymour condemns the “Ten-Percent” reconstruction plan of Republican (nationalist) President Abraham Lincoln, of the united States, as “destroying the power of the States.”
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Authority:
New York Constitution of 1846, Article IV, Section 4
www.nycourts.gov/history/legal-history-new-york/documents/Publications_1846-NY-Constitution.pdf
References:
“The State legislature; Organization of Both Branches; Thos. G. Alvord, Speaker of the Assembly, and Jos. B. Cushman, Clerk; Gov. Seymour’s Message,” New York Times, 6 January, 1864, 1.
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