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State of a sway that we despise; hut at the same time that wo extend the olive-branch and plead for alliance and amity, we should not hesitate to use the great and all-powerful weapon that is in our control ; we should not falter in the pledge to ourselves...

Reports of Committees: 30th Congress, 1st Session - 48th Congress, 2nd Session - Page 1149
by United States. Congress. Senate - 1876
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Documentary History of Reconstruction: Political, Military, Social ..., Volume 2

Walter Lynwood Fleming - Reconstruction - 1907 - 542 pages

...idols and unite with us in ridding the State of a sway that we despise; but at the same time that we extend the olive-branch and plead for alliance and...his interests ever since the negro has been a voter. "Color-line" in Politics House Report no. 265, 43 Cong., 2 Bess., p. 31. Statement of Judge HH Miller,...

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