I cannot consent, after all the guards and safeguards which may be prepared for the defence of the colored men in the enjoyment of their rights,--I cannot consent that they shall be deprived of the right to protect themselves.
Boutwell expresses his refusal to accept any measures that would deny colored men the right to protect their own rights.
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President McKinley and his supporters demand subserviency of all who are not within the lines of the American seas.
They assert supreme authority over their fellow-men for an indefinite period of time, and they promise therewith good government.
By the amendment of 1865 freedom and equality in government were guaranteed to all and especially to the negro race in America.
By the Ordinance of 1787, freedom and full right to self-government were made secure to the coming millions who were to occupy the States northwest of the River Ohio.
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