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He regarded it as the beginning of radical changes in our Constitution, and the forerunner of usurpation.
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Blaine critiques the proposed amendment as a potential catalyst for significant constitutional changes and usurpation.
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In all the revolted states, upon the testimony of your ablest generals, there is no safety to the property or lives of loyal men.
The haste with which the question was brought to a decision can hardly be justified, and is a striking illustration of the intense party-feeling which had been engendered by the war.
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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