▁bare ly ▁won ▁re - e lection ▁in ▁ 1 8 6 8 , ▁amid ▁accus ation ▁of ▁voting ▁fra ud ▁in ▁Richmond , ▁Indiana . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 8 6 9 ▁Congress ▁passed ▁the ▁Fif teenth ▁Am end ment ▁giving ▁black ▁men ▁the ▁right ▁to ▁vote , ▁and ▁Julian ▁persu aded ▁himself ▁that ▁the ▁fight ▁against ▁sla very ▁had ▁been ▁won . ▁As ▁his ▁mem oir s ▁noted , ▁some ▁of ▁the ▁most ▁prominent ▁and ▁consistent ▁enemies ▁of ▁sla very — Sal mon ▁P . ▁Ch ase , ▁Charles ▁Sum ner , ▁and ▁Hor ace ▁Gree ley , ▁especially — had ▁been ▁all ▁but ▁forced ▁out ▁of ▁the ▁Republican ▁Party ▁that ▁they ▁had ▁helped ▁to ▁create . ▁In ▁his ▁bid ▁for ▁re - e lection ▁to ▁Congress ▁in ▁ 1 8 7 0 , ▁Julian ▁faced ▁a ▁strong ▁conserv ative ▁ch allen ger , ▁Judge ▁Jer em iah ▁M . ▁Wilson , ▁for ▁the ▁nom ination . ▁Among ▁the ▁eleven ▁Republican ▁newsp apers ▁in ▁Indiana ' s ▁Four th ▁District , ▁only ▁three ▁back ed ▁Julian , ▁the ▁remaining ▁eight ▁supported ▁his ▁oppon ent . ▁Julian ▁lost ▁in ▁the ▁Republican ▁primary ▁and ▁with d rew ▁from ▁the ▁race . ▁Julian ▁supported ▁the ▁Republic ans ▁in ▁the ▁fall ▁election , ▁but ▁his ▁end ors ement ▁of ▁the ▁winning ▁nom ine e ▁lag ged ▁until ▁late ▁in ▁the ▁campaign ▁and ▁he ▁did ▁not ▁act ively ▁campaign ▁for ▁the ▁party ' s ▁candidate . ▁ ▁Liberal ▁Republican ▁In ▁ 1 8 7 2 ,