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According to the principles of our government it is not possible for us to keep soldiers enough down south to guard all their ballot boxes, and indeed we need a good many up north to guard our own sometimes.
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Sherman discusses the impracticality of maintaining military presence to secure voting rights in the South, reflecting on the challenges of democracy.
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