There was an unmistakable manifestation throughout the whole political canvass of 1866, by the more advanced section of the Republican party, in favor of demanding impartial suffrage as the basis of reconstruction in the South.
Blaine notes the Republican party's push for impartial suffrage during the political canvass of 1866.
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