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The only remedy is migration and public opinion; but these, though slow and very discouraging, will in time furnish a remedy and also a punishment.
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John Sherman
Ohio

Editor's note · Context

Sherman suggests that societal change regarding injustices will come slowly through migration and public opinion.

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