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But they frankly admit themselves to be in a very small minority; and it remains to be seen how long a minority, however loyal, can govern, in a republican country.
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Whitelaw Reid
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Reid comments on the challenges faced by a loyal minority trying to govern in a republican system after the Civil War.
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