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Whose appointment to government positions in the south was Senator Sumner complaining about?
![More than one person [in the South] was appointed provisional governor
who could not take the oath of office required by act of Congress. Other
persons in the same predicament were appointed in the revenue service.
The effect of these appointments was disastrous. They were in the nature of
notice to rebels everywhere, that participation in the rebellion was no bar to
office. If one of their number could be appointed governor, if another could
be appointed to a confidential position in the Treasury Department, then there
was nobody on the long list of blood who might not look for preferment [a
government position]. And thus all offices from governor to constable were
handed over to a disloyal scramble. Rebels crawled forth from their retreats.
Men who had hardly ventured to expect their lives were now candidates for
office, and the rebellion became strong again. The change was felt in all the
gradations of government, whether in States, counties, towns, or villages.
Rebels found themselves in places of trust, while the true-hearted Union-
ists, who had watched for the coming of our flag and ought to have enjoyed
its protecting power, were driven into hiding-places. All this was under the
auspices of Andrew Johnson. It was he who animated the wicked crew. He
was at the head of the work. Loyalty everywhere was persecuted. White and
black, whose only offence was that they had been true to their country, were
insulted, abused, murdered.](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2Ff6e73ce6-2ea4-4dd0-8640-f3f7b786a4df%2F8ca87363-b1f0-4aed-b7b3-8dd0abb66e3a%2Fdn0d1sj_processed.jpeg&w=3840&q=75)
Transcribed Image Text:More than one person [in the South] was appointed provisional governor
who could not take the oath of office required by act of Congress. Other
persons in the same predicament were appointed in the revenue service.
The effect of these appointments was disastrous. They were in the nature of
notice to rebels everywhere, that participation in the rebellion was no bar to
office. If one of their number could be appointed governor, if another could
be appointed to a confidential position in the Treasury Department, then there
was nobody on the long list of blood who might not look for preferment [a
government position]. And thus all offices from governor to constable were
handed over to a disloyal scramble. Rebels crawled forth from their retreats.
Men who had hardly ventured to expect their lives were now candidates for
office, and the rebellion became strong again. The change was felt in all the
gradations of government, whether in States, counties, towns, or villages.
Rebels found themselves in places of trust, while the true-hearted Union-
ists, who had watched for the coming of our flag and ought to have enjoyed
its protecting power, were driven into hiding-places. All this was under the
auspices of Andrew Johnson. It was he who animated the wicked crew. He
was at the head of the work. Loyalty everywhere was persecuted. White and
black, whose only offence was that they had been true to their country, were
insulted, abused, murdered.
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