The will of the entire people is the true basis of republican government, and a free expression of that will by the public vote of all citizens, without distinctions of race, color, occupation or sex, is the only means by which that will can be ascertained.
Woodhull emphasizes that true republican government relies on the votes of all citizens, regardless of gender or race.
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With its destruction the lives of two great political parties passed away, and left the people with no distinct lines of demarkation.
To do so carries no conviction nor prophetic knowledge of what must be next, as a necessary sequence.
And this is no more true of the pauper laborers of Europe and the slave laborers of Asia than it is of the free labor of America.
Why do they advocate any general government at all?