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If they are true, then in those communities the members of our party and one race have no rights which the prevailing party is bound to respect.
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gutenberg.orgJohn Sherman: “If they are true, then in those communities the members of our party and one race have no rights which the prevailing…”
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Sherman asserts that if the allegations are true, they undermine the rights of certain communities.
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