The radical provisions of Pennsylvania's constitution lasted only 14 years in 1790 conservatives gained power in the state legislature called a new constitutional convention and rewrote the constitution the new constitution substantially reduced universal male suffrage gave the governor veto power and patronage appointment authority and added an upper house with substantial wealth qualifications to the unicameral legislature Thomas Paine called it a constitution unworthy of America. Grant waged his bloody Overland Campaign in 1864 with heavy losses on both sides.:113 Despite this when Lincoln asked what Grant's plans were the general replied "I propose to fight it out on this line if it takes all summer.":501.
. Further information: Saint Patrick's Battalion, In 1794 Washington privately expressed to Tobias Lear his secretary that he found slavery to be repugnant.
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