On the recordJanuary 1, 1881
Would you not be branded all over the land as dastardly hypocrites, professing principles which you have no wish or intention of carrying out?
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Frederick Douglass
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Editor's note · Context
In response to delegates attempting to exclude him from a convention, Douglass challenges their integrity, questioning if they would be seen as hypocrites for not upholding their stated principles.
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