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The enjoyment of the right to vote has not been fully secured to the negro race, but no one has appeared to deny his right to hold office.
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gutenberg.orgGeorge Boutwell: “The enjoyment of the right to vote has not been fully secured to the negro race, but no one has appeared to deny his…”
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Boutwell asserts that while African Americans have not fully secured the right to vote, their right to hold office is acknowledged.
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You are called to a choice between the doctrines of Nathan Dane and Abraham Lincoln on one side and the doctrines and policy of President McKinley and his supporters on the other side.
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