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The convention's work centred about three great principles--broader suffrage, enlarged local government, and a more popular judiciary system.
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Alexander summarizes the main objectives of the convention, emphasizing key democratic principles.
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As he lived, so he died, a strange, lonely, unhappy man, out of tune with the beautiful world in which he was permitted to exist upward of four score years.
Thoughtful men who were not in any sense political partisans gave careful heed to his words.
And is it not needed when its taking helps us and hurts our enemy?
Why should we now make any concessions to them?
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