Resolutions declaring the duty of the United States to guaranty Republican Governments in the Rebel States, on the basis of the Declaration of Independence; so that the new Governments shall be founded on the consent of the governed, and the Equality of all persons before the Law.
Sumner emphasizes the importance of establishing Republican governments in the Southern states based on democratic principles.
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Working-men of Europe, desire abolition of war, XVIII. 236.
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