On the record
For while some good can be placed to the credit of those governments nothing but bad can possibly be set down to the account of Southern lawlessness and violence.
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Archibald Henry Grimké
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gutenberg.orgFor while some good can be placed to the credit of those governments nothing but bad can possibly be set down to the account of Southern lawlessness and violence.
Grimké contrasts the mixed legacy of carpet-bag governments with the unequivocally negative impact of Southern lawlessness.
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