It is true that at this time (1901) the operation of the Fifteenth Amendment has been defeated and consequently the governments of States and the Government of the United States have become usurpations, in that they have been in the hands of a minority of men.
Boutwell critiques the state of governance in 1901, arguing that the Fifteenth Amendment's effectiveness had been undermined.
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