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Republican party defend the Union and equal rights
In a House speech from July 1868, Glenni W. Scofield argues that the Republican party expanded rights and free schools, denounces conservatism and the slave power, defends Reconstruction, and counters claims of despotism by President Johnson and party opponents. He appeals for continued support for enfranchisement, education, and national union.
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