Perhaps the most serious charge brought against the Republican policy by Southern men, was that the negro was advanced to the right of suffrage, while a portion of the white population were placed under such political disabilities as prevented their voting.
Blaine discusses a significant criticism of Republican policy regarding suffrage for African Americans and white populations in the South.
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