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Many a good citizen votes the opposite, not because he agrees with the great principles of state which separate parties, but because, generally, he is opposed to negro rule.
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gutenberg.orgUlysses S. Grant: “Many a good citizen votes the opposite, not because he agrees with the great principles of state which separate parties…”
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Grant notes that some citizens vote against their principles due to opposition to African American political power.
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