On the record
The colored people do see a difference between the two parties, as broad as the moral universe and as palpable as the difference between the character of Moses and that of Pharaoh.
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Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgThe colored people do see a difference between the two parties, as broad as the moral universe and as palpable as the difference between the character of Moses and that of Pharaoh.
Douglass emphasizes the clear moral distinction the colored people see between the Republican and Democratic parties.
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