"When and under what conditions is the black man to have a free ballot? When is he in fact to have those full civil rights which have so long been his in law? When is that equality of influence which our form of government was intended to secure to the electors to be restored? This generation should courageously face these grave questions, and not leave them as a heritage of woe to the next. The consultation should proceed with candor, calmness, and great patience, upon the lines of justice and humanity, not of prejudice and cruelty. No question in our country can be at rest except upon the firm base of justice and of the law."
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Presidents of the United StatesPoliticians from OhioPoliticians from IndianapolisUnited States presidential candidates, 1892United States presidential candidates, 1888
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Benjamin Harrison (20 August 1833 – 13 March 1901) was the [[w:List of presidents of the Unite
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