Then, again, when it was proposed to give the ballot to all, it was announced that it might be correct in principle, but that it was not practical; and I, Sir, was seriously assured by an eminent citizen that it would bring about massacre at the polls.
Sumner mentions the fear that granting voting rights would lead to violence, despite its correctness in principle.
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