In the other, it was necessary either to give suffrage to the negro, or to delay reorganization till time had elapsed for passions to cool, and opinions, based on old facts, to conform to the new ones.
This statement discusses the necessity of granting suffrage to African Americans or delaying reorganization after the Civil War.
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