He protested the requirement that readmitted Southern states ratify the Fourteenth Amendment, which guaranteed equal protection of the laws to all Americans, and inveighed against the continued presence of federal troops in the South.
He protested the requirement. This requirement readmitted Southern states ratify the Fourteenth Amendment. The Fourteenth Amendment guaranteed equal protection of the laws to all Americans. The Fourteenth Amendment inveighed against the continued presence of federal troops in the South.