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National drift toward Democratic power questioned in postwar era
The piece debates Reconstruction impacts, rights for freedmen, and whether Democratic leadership in the South and North can guide the nation. It cites Senator Logan, Georgia voting patterns, school funding threats, and Harper’s Weekly views on ongoing civil rights and political realignment.
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Republican Party
Democratic Party
South
Logan
United States Senate
Georgia
Gordon
State of Georgia
Campbell, Carroll, Chattahoochee
Coweta
Douglass, Harris, Marion, Meriwether
Muscogee
Talboth
Troup
North
Curtis
Harper’s Weekly
New York
Horatio Seymour
Tilden
Judge Church
Kernan
Henry C. Murphy
Fernando Wood
Belmont
John Kelly
Tammany Hall
Kelly
Union
Texas
Samuel 8. Cox
Congress
New York City
Educational Bureau
Agricultural Department
Harper's Weekly
Union Man
Kansas
Supreme Court
Girant