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He seemed to have no faith at all in the beneficent measures designed to guard the black race from outrage and wrong, while full of apprehension that the heavens would fall if such measures were adopted.
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gutenberg.orgGeorge Julian: “He seemed to have no faith at all in the beneficent measures designed to guard the black race from outrage and wrong…”
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Julian highlights the lack of faith in protective measures for African Americans while fearing political changes.
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The times are bad, and want curing; They are getting past all enduring; Let us turn out Martin Van Buren, And put in old Tippecanoe.
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