On 5 August 1864, Horace Greeley's New York Tribune printed a denunciation of Abraham Lincoln for having vetoed the Wade -Davis B ill. The manifesto condemned the president for usurping Congress's legislative powers by attempting to reconstruct the South by executive orders. Radical Republicans also circulated anonymous calls that Lincoln be replaced with another nominee for president. The manifesto's strident language offended most moderate Republicans and produced a backlash that enhanced Lincoln's image while discrediting Radical Republican leaders.
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The Wade-Davis Bill required that a majority of prewar southern voters swear loyalty to the Union.
The Wade Davis Bill was supported by a Republican dominated Congress. The reconstruction plan was designed to allow ex-Confederate states to rejoin the union.
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The Wade-Davis Bill was different then Lincolns plan in that, Lincolns Plan stated that if 10% of a states population would take an oath of loyalty, than the entire state would be re - admitted into the Union, whereas the Wade-Davis Bill stated that 50% of a states population should take an oath of loyalty for the state to be re - admitted.
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