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Not at all, for they are most important, but without the ballot they are impotent to give the relief so much needed in the South.
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Archibald Henry Grimké
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Grimké argues that without the ballot, other efforts to address racial issues in the South are ineffective.
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Such a proposition, the Republican Party is incapable of making for reasons already pointed out, and the Democratic Party for other and obvious reasons is precluded from offering.
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