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subverted by the rebellion, by proclaiming and declaring,
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but it is plain that he did not think the Houses could constitutionally use their power of judging of the qualifications and elections of their members to keep members from
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States reconstructed upon his plan from taking their seats on the ground that these
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States
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State through the period of its rebellion against the United States. It reads:
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And it is suggested as not improper that in {12} constructing a loyal State government in any State the name of the State, the boundary, the subdivisions, the constitution and the general code of laws as before the rebellion be maintained, subject only to the modifications made necessary by the conditions hereinbefore stated, and such others, if any, not contravening such conditions which may be deemed expedient by those framing the new State government.
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State should be considered a continuation of the old
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State, yet that he did not look upon it as absolutely necessary. Still, it seems more probable that this was only his cautious habit of leaving open a way of escape out of any position when necessity or prudence might require its abandonment than that he doubted the correctness of his idea of the indestructibility of the
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States