Congress v. The President Beginnings of Radical Reconstruction Johnson on Freedmens Bureau: an immense patronage never granted to our own peoplethis represents a stride toward centralization of the races. On race: this is a country for white men, and by God, as long as I am president, it shall be government for white men. The result of Johnsons remarks? 14 th Amendment A response to the vetoed Civil Rights Act of 1866 all persons born or naturalized in the United States were CITIZENS citizens had equal protection under the laws Johnsons response? Urged states not to ratify the amendmenthuh? Went on a swing around the circle campaign Result? 3:1 Republican majority Democrats alienated nationwide Perception of Democrats after debacle Waving the bloody shirt strategy Democrats were a common sewer and loathsome receptacle into which emptied every element of treason. Oliver Morton Gov. Indiana Military Reconstruction, 1867