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Everywhere else it was manifest that if the restoration of civil authority depended on negro suffrage, then negro suffrage would be accepted.
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Whitelaw Reid
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Editor's note · Context
Reid observes that the acceptance of Black suffrage is seen as essential for restoring civil authority.
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