Chapter Xiii.--First Words on Reconstruction.

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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.