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These Days Before the Vote: "He has endeavoured to prevent the population of these States; for that purpose obstructing the Laws for Naturalization of Foreigners; refusing to pass others to encourage their migrations hither..."
These Days Before the Vote

These Days Before the Vote: "He has endeavoured to prevent the population of these States; for that purpose obstructing the Laws for Naturalization of Foreigners; refusing to pass others to encourage their migrations hither..."

Whitewater, Wis. — Today’s entry this Saturday evening continues These Days Before the Vote, a series addressing each day before the November election a principle or position on which our liberal democratic tradition rests. Consider the Declaration’s charge against the British monarch: “He has endeavoured to prevent the population of these States; for that
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John Adams
These Days Before the Vote: "He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures."
These Days Before the Vote

These Days Before the Vote: "He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures."

Fort Atkinson, Wis. — Today’s entry this clear Friday evening continues These Days Before the Vote, a series addressing each day before the November election a principle or position on which our liberal democratic tradition rests. Consider the Declaration’s charge against the British monarch: “He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing
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John Adams
These Days Before the Vote: "In every stage of these Oppressions We have Petitioned for Redress in the most humble terms: Our repeated Petitions have been answered only by repeated injury."
These Days Before the Vote

These Days Before the Vote: "In every stage of these Oppressions We have Petitioned for Redress in the most humble terms: Our repeated Petitions have been answered only by repeated injury."

Whitewater, Wis. — Today’s entry this Thursday evening continues These Days Before the Vote, a series addressing each day before the November election a principle or position on which our liberal democratic tradition rests. Consider the Declaration’s charge against the British monarch: “In every stage of these Oppressions We have Petitioned for Redress in
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John Adams
These Days Before the Vote: "I shall not array myself as the political partisan of any man. In defending the great cause of human rights, I wish to derive the assistance of all religions and of all parties."
These Days Before the Vote

These Days Before the Vote: "I shall not array myself as the political partisan of any man. In defending the great cause of human rights, I wish to derive the assistance of all religions and of all parties."

Chicago, Ill. — Today’s entry this Monday afternoon continues These Days Before the Vote, a series addressing each day before the November election a principle or position on which the liberal democratic tradition rests. In the inaugural issue of William Lloyd Garrison's The Liberator, Garrison wrote that “I shall not array myself as
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John Adams
These Days Before the Vote: “He has obstructed the Administration of Justice, by refusing his Assent to Laws for establishing Judiciary powers.”
These Days Before the Vote

These Days Before the Vote: “He has obstructed the Administration of Justice, by refusing his Assent to Laws for establishing Judiciary powers.”

Whitewater, Wis. — Today’s entry this Sunday morning continues These Days Before the Vote, a series addressing each day before the November election a principle or position on which the liberal democratic tradition rests. Consider the Declaration’s charge against the British monarch that “He has obstructed the Administration of Justice, by refusing his Assent
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John Adams
These Days Before the Vote: “Laws of immediate and pressing importance, unless suspended in their operation till his Assent should be obtained; and when so suspended, he has utterly neglected to attend to them.”
These Days Before the Vote

These Days Before the Vote: “Laws of immediate and pressing importance, unless suspended in their operation till his Assent should be obtained; and when so suspended, he has utterly neglected to attend to them.”

Whitewater, Wis. — Today’s entry continues These Days Before the Vote, a series addressing each day before the November election a principle or position on which the liberal democratic tradition rests. Consider the Declaration’s charge against the British monarch that “He has forbidden his Governors to pass Laws of immediate and pressing importance, unless
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John Adams