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In the present condition of our system the only danger is due to the forcible or fraudulent withholding of the right from those who are entitled to enjoy it.
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Boutwell highlights the dangers posed by the denial of voting rights to eligible citizens in the current political climate.
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President McKinley and his supporters demand subserviency of all who are not within the lines of the American seas.
By the amendment of 1865 freedom and equality in government were guaranteed to all and especially to the negro race in America.
Here are the assertion of power and the promise of goodness that have attended the origin and movement of every despotism that has risen to curse mankind.
Shall your representative stand for Nathan Dane and Abraham Lincoln and Freedom, or for William McKinley and Despotism?
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