And yet if relief is ever to come to the Negro in the South, it must come to him by the way of an opposition party, which will put an end to the political solidity of that section by introducing into it bi-party in place of its one-party governments.
Grimké asserts that the establishment of an opposition party is essential for breaking the political monopoly in the South.
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