Turnbuckles are also used extensively in watercraft and aircraft to regulate the lengths and tensions of riggings and rope and cable lines. In all applications, turnbuckles should be selected to be at least as strong as the cable or rope to which they're secured.
The Wade-Davis Bill of 1864 was created by the Radical Republicans, who believed that absolute punishment had to be levied against the South as a condition of re-admittance during Reconstruction. The bill called for a complete abolition of slavery to prevent it from surviving in any way after the war.
Wade-Davis Bill (1864) Citation: Handwritten copy of Wade-Davis Bill as originally submitted 1864; Records of Legislative Proceedings; Records of the United States House of Representatives 1789-1946; Record Group 233; National Archives. How to use citation info.