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For some time we have been carefully expunging from the statute-books the word 'white,' and now it is proposed to insert into the Constitution itself a distinction of color.
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Blaine criticizes the proposed constitutional amendment for introducing racial distinctions, arguing against the inclusion of 'white' in legal language.
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