I do not believe that the federal government has the authority to guarantee suffrage or civil rights to African Americans. Nor do I believe
it is advisable to grant such rights to former slaves. Not only are they incapable of exercising such rights but they also would sooner cut
a white man's throat than not.
Which of the following people would have been the most likely to make this statement?
O Thaddeus Stevens
O President Lincoln
O President Andrew Johnson