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Polemical speech on reconstruction and federal authority
The speaker denounces southern Democratic resistance to federal civil rights and recalls fugitive slave era actions. He cites 1851 and 1854 proclamations, argues for strong federal protection at the polls, and contrasts northern and southern political power with figures on electoral votes and party dynamics.
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United States
Boston
Massachusetts
District of
Marsha
United
Millard Fillmore
Daniel Webster
Logan
Fillmore
Virginia
Burns
Pierce
Miliny Oficer
New York
Tate
Lat Rinet
America
Congress
Republican Party
A. R. Spofford
Librarian of
Grant
North Carolina
Tennessee
Alabama
Arkansas
Florida
Gen. Grant
South Carolina
Mississippi
General Hayes
General Grant