"Protect every citizen, including the millions of people of foreign birth who will flock to our shores to become citizens and to find here a land of liberty and law."
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Speech in the U.S. House of Representatives (April 7, 1866). Civil Rights: Speech of Hon. William Lawrence, of Ohio, in the House of Representatives, April 7, 1866 (Washington, D.C.: Congressional Globe Office, 1866) p. 1
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William Lawrence (Ohio Republican)
William Lawrence (June 26, 1819 – May 8, 1899) was a Republican lawyer and politician from Ohio. He was most noted for being a US Representative influential in attempting to impeach President Andrew Johnson, creating the United States Department of Justice, helping to create the American Red Cross, and ratifying the Geneva Convention.
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