Whitelaw Reid: “Their political rights are franchises which they hold as privileges…”

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Their political rights are franchises which they hold as privileges, in the legislative discretion of the United States.

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Reid characterizes political rights in territories as privileges granted by legislative discretion.

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Whitelaw Reid: “Their political rights are franchises which they hold as privileges, in the legislative discretion of the United States.”