Talk:Horace Davis

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This article was started using public domain information from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress located at http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000105. LarryQ 15:34, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

Polite euphemism
"patrolling the polls on election day" is merely a polite euphemism for intimidation of voters, disenfranchisement, and thuggery. Unless we want to say that might makes right, thus negating everything the Constitution supposedly stands for, we must be more forthright when portraying our historical figures. The fact that this fellow was pro-Union and therefore a "good guy" in the eyes of post-war historians does not whitewash his record. If you were to walk into a polling station and find a member of the opposite political party "patrolling" the site, I imagine you would find the behavior a bit more anti-democratic than what the article makes it sound. --King ravana 12:39, 29 June 2007 (UTC)