The most explicit, the most positive, the most mandatory words in the Constitution are, “The United States shall guaranty to every State in this Union a republican form of government.” This great duty is thrown not upon any individual branch of the Government, but upon the United States.
Sumner emphasizes the constitutional obligation of the United States to ensure every state has a republican form of government.
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