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I have many rights—birthrights—to speak of Kentucky as a Kentuckian, beside that of more than fifty years’ service upon what may be fairly called the battle-line of the Dark and Bloody Ground.
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He asserts his right to speak about Kentucky, emphasizing his deep connection to the state.
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