He had been a party to the pledge of freedom for the enfranchised race, and the fulfillment of that pledge required, in his judgment, "the assurance of the right of suffrage to those whom the Constitution has made freemen and citizens.
Blaine discusses the importance of fulfilling the pledge of freedom for the newly enfranchised race, linking it to the right of suffrage.
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He was a lawyer in full practice, a man of the highest integrity, without fear and without reproach.
The deep-seated prejudice against color is assiduously cultivated by the public journals and leads to acts of cruelty, oppression, and murder, which the local authorities are at no pains to prevent or punish.
Observing men in the loyal States regarded such a policy not only as weak and maudlin, but as utterly insufficient and assuredly dangerous to the future safety of the Government.
If you are not ready to be the Moses of an oppressed people, do not become their Pharaoh.
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