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That you would have received at a fair election a large majority in Louisiana, no honest man can question; that you did not receive a majority is equally clear.
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gutenberg.orgJohn Sherman: “That you would have received at a fair election a large majority in Louisiana, no honest man can question; that you did…”
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Sherman asserts that the election results in Louisiana were manipulated, despite the expectation of a fair outcome.
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