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As long as any portion or race or class of the people of the new south are deprived of the rights which the constitution and law confer upon them, there will be unrest and danger.
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Sherman warns that denying rights to any group in the South will lead to unrest and instability.
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It was the same old story of injustice and wrong, of might against right.
I have given my views, speaking for no other man, frankly and fearlessly, and I will stand by them now and in the future.
I worked hard that winter, for hard work, I thought, was the way to fortune.
It is not in my blood and these gentlemen cannot put it there.
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