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I then said that I believed the true interpretation of the election of 1866 was that, in addition to the proposed constitutional amendment, impartial suffrage should be the basis of reconstruction.
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Blaine asserts that impartial suffrage should be a fundamental aspect of the reconstruction process following the 1866 election.
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