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Why should the example of such a State be quoted to justify refusing suffrage to men who have been denied the privilege of education, and whom it has been a crime to teach?
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Boutwell questions the justification for denying voting rights to those who have been historically denied education.
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That is the lesson the war has burned in on the brain and conscience of the Nation.
If others depart from this rule in their dealings with us, we may be compelled to follow their precedent.
This fact furnishes a pretext for efforts to make money while in the public service.
But General Grant was destitute of the war spirit, and he chose to exhaust all the powers of negotiation before he would advise a resort to force.
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