Lincoln refused to sign the Radical Republicans Reconstruction bill because he felt it was too harsh. His main consideration was to unify the country once more. He believed that placing heavy handed penalties on the former Confederate states would make the road to reconciliation difficult, if not impossible.
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Radical Republicans wanted to oversee Reconstruction because they wanted to let the blacks have their equal rights that are stated in the Declaration of Independence.
President Lincoln's proposal for reconstruction was called "Lincoln's 10% Plan." It was a plan to reunify the North and South after the War's end.
Yes, he viewed it as the only acceptable plan for reconstruction.
President Abraham Lincoln's plan did not guarantee African American equality. The Wade-Davis Bill passed by the Radical Republicans demanded guarantees of African American equality. Lincoln killed this bill with a "pocket veto."