After the Civil War, the country was severely imbalanced. This shortcoming led to problems; more specifically, problems pertaining to the Freedmen during Reconstruction. In the Fourteenth Amendment, the first problem addressed was that the Freedmen were not citizens of either the country or their state. Also within Section One, this amendment causes a lack 0of the ability to write laws that infringe upon an individual’s rights without due process of law, and no person shall be denied equal protection of the laws. This part is mainly for usurping the Black Codes. Section two of the amendment revokes or repeals the three-fifths clause which was used for the purpose of congressional representation; this henceforth allowed the Freedmen to be counted
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Grady. Grady maintained for the South to be saved, it had to do the following two things: its relation to the race problem and its industrial problem. Grady goes on to discuss how during the Civil War that slaves were loyal to the slave owner’s wife and children and looked out for them as if the “master” was home. Grady believes that white will want to establish a color barrier dividing the South into factions because of the Freedmen’s lack of education. Also, he states “The clear and unmistakable domination of the white race…[should be] through the integrity of its own vote and the largeness of its sympathy and justice through which it shall compel the support of the better classes of the colored race, -- that is the hope and assurance of the South” (29). This means that integrity and kindness should be at the forefront of dealing with Freedmen, not displaying violence or hatred towards this newly formed group. Grady says that the first step in this revolution to save liberty and law should be through peace and order, not by killing and fighting. The next step is to accept everyone willing to be embraced and conform to the country’s institutions. Grady talks about how they should give the Freedmen every right, civil and political. The South’s industrial problem is t the lack of uniqueness, but there can be a new prosperity and comfort in the
Grady. Grady maintained for the South to be saved, it had to do the following two things: its relation to the race problem and its industrial problem. Grady goes on to discuss how during the Civil War that slaves were loyal to the slave owner’s wife and children and looked out for them as if the “master” was home. Grady believes that white will want to establish a color barrier dividing the South into factions because of the Freedmen’s lack of education. Also, he states “The clear and unmistakable domination of the white race…[should be] through the integrity of its own vote and the largeness of its sympathy and justice through which it shall compel the support of the better classes of the colored race, -- that is the hope and assurance of the South” (29). This means that integrity and kindness should be at the forefront of dealing with Freedmen, not displaying violence or hatred towards this newly formed group. Grady says that the first step in this revolution to save liberty and law should be through peace and order, not by killing and fighting. The next step is to accept everyone willing to be embraced and conform to the country’s institutions. Grady talks about how they should give the Freedmen every right, civil and political. The South’s industrial problem is t the lack of uniqueness, but there can be a new prosperity and comfort in the