Remember, O my friends, the laws, the rights, The generous plan of power delivered down From age to age by your renowned forefathers, So dearly bought, the price of so much blood: Oh, let it never perish in your hands!
Sumner calls upon his friends to remember the sacrifices made for their rights and the importance of preserving them.
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