Charles Sumner: “Then will the government be rooted and anchored in principle, so that…”

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Then will the government be rooted and anchored in principle, so that it cannot be brushed aside.

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He argues that a government founded on solid principles cannot be easily dismissed.

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Charles Sumner: “Then will the government be rooted and anchored in principle, so that it cannot be brushed aside.”