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It places on a just and equal basis the right of representation, making the vote of a man in one State equally potent with the vote of another man in any State.
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Blaine argues that the amendment ensures equal representation for all citizens across states.
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It was the insane folly of the South, in drawing the sword against the life of the Nation, that led irresistibly to the abolition of slavery.
I refer myself not to the men of my time, but to the judgment of history.
As slavery had been the chief inciting cause of disunion, slavery should die.
This ratio of influence went into the Electoral College, and gave to the white men of South Carolina, Mississippi and Louisiana double the power of that enjoyed by white men in New York, Illinois and California.
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