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All the signs indicate that a better feeling now exists between the two races, and their common interests will lead both to divide on questions of public policy, without regard to race or color.
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gutenberg.orgJohn Sherman: “All the signs indicate that a better feeling now exists between the two races, and their common interests will lead both…”
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Sherman observes an improvement in race relations, suggesting that common interests may unite different races in political matters.
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