Charles Sumner: “It is the glory of republican institutions that they give practical…”

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It is the glory of republican institutions that they give practical form to this irresistible principle.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner praises republican institutions for embodying the principle of equality.

More from Charles Sumner

Women’s National League, petition of, for universal emancipation, X. 300.

Consent of the governed necessary in forming new governments of, XII. 298.

His loyalty to the Declaration of Independence, XIX. 317.

Opening of United States courts to colored, XI. 389.

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Charles Sumner: “It is the glory of republican institutions that they give practical form to this irresistible principle.”