THADDEUS STEVENS IN THE NEWS
New York City
I was sorry to see the June 11 lead editorial, "Sick Justice," mention Thaddeus Stevens in the same paragraph with Alberto Gonzales, John Ashcroft and Richard Nixon. The Great Commoner, as Stevens was called, was a lifelong advocate of the abolition of slavery and the rights of black Americans. He does not deserve to be linked, even indirectly, with that crowd.
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