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The Democracy and the Negro Vote

Summary

The Herald says the Republican Party stands pledged "to equal rights to all men before the law." "The freedmen will not forget, however, that they are indebted for political privileges to the Republican Party alone." "The so-called Democratic Party would never have yielded political rights to the freedmen." Grant and Colfax are the best possible leaders of the country through "the dangers which now threaten it."


Article Source

Newspaper: The Herald and Torch Light

Publication Date: August 5th, 1868

Page/Column: 1G

Town: Hagerstown, MD

County: Washington

Subjects

  • African Americans
  • Civil Liberties

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