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The revolution in favor of human rights, promoted and directed by the Republican party, swept onward: the colored man, freed from slavery, attained the right of suffrage, and in due season was sent to Congress.
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Blaine highlights the progress made by the Republican Party in advancing human rights and suffrage for freedmen.
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I believe that if it should pass it will receive the sanction of nineteen-twentieths of the loyal people of the country.
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