Charles Sumner: “Join us, all who reverence the memory of the fathers, and would have…”

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Join us, all who reverence the memory of the fathers, and would have their spirit once more animate the Republic.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner appeals to those who honor the founding fathers to revive their spirit in governance.

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Slave Power, necessity of political action against the, II. 207.

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

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

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Charles Sumner: “Join us, all who reverence the memory of the fathers, and would have their spirit once more animate the Republic.”