On the recordDecember 18, 1906
In precisely the same spirit I have now acted with reference to these colored men who have been guilty of a black and dastardly crime.
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presidency.ucsb.eduIn precisely the same spirit I have now acted with reference to these colored men who have been guilty of a black and dastardly crime.
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