petersuber on Nostr: Fascinating history, relevant now. ...
Fascinating history, relevant now.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/10/the-oath-mike-johnsons-great-great-great-grandfather-had-to-take/675792/
"There had been much debate in the North, during the war & after…, about how to reintegrate former Confederates into political life & how forgiving to be of their rebellion. The most radical Republicans wanted to require an “Ironclad Oath” swearing that the prospective voter had “never voluntarily borne arms against the United States” nor given “aid, countenance, counsel, or encouragement” to the Confederacy."
#Insurrection #USPolitics
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/10/the-oath-mike-johnsons-great-great-great-grandfather-had-to-take/675792/
"There had been much debate in the North, during the war & after…, about how to reintegrate former Confederates into political life & how forgiving to be of their rebellion. The most radical Republicans wanted to require an “Ironclad Oath” swearing that the prospective voter had “never voluntarily borne arms against the United States” nor given “aid, countenance, counsel, or encouragement” to the Confederacy."
#Insurrection #USPolitics