John H. Reagan
John H. Reagan
John Henninger Reaganwas an American politician from the U.S. state of Texas. A Democrat, Reagan resigned from the U.S. House of Representatives when Texas seceded from the Union and joined the Confederate States of America. He served in the cabinet of Jefferson Davis as Postmaster General. After the Confederate defeat, he called for cooperation with the federal government and thus became unpopular, but returned to public office when his predictions of harsh treatment for resistance were proved correct...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth8 October 1818
CountryUnited States of America
John H. Reagan quotes about
I clung steadfastly to the hope that the democratic party would maintain its nationality and preserve the Constitution and the Union.
It is proclaimed by the great leaders of that party, by its political conventions, by its ministers of the Gospel, and by every other means they have of giving currency and importance to the declaration, that it is its mission to abolish slavery in the Union.
The irrepressible conflict propounded by abolitionism has produced now its legitimate fruits - disunion.
The doctrines of his party, are that negro slavery, as it exists with us, is religiously, morally, socially, and politically wrong.
Our own Government succeeded because none but the white race, who were capable of self-government, were enfranchised with the rights of freemen.