Of course, in executing the guaranty, you must affix a meaning to the term “republican form of government.” To do this I have in this debate endeavored to show the essential principles our fathers had at heart when they founded the Republic.
Sumner emphasizes the need to define what constitutes a 'republican form of government' in practice.
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