Studying the banner further, I found written above this fair device the names, “DOUGLAS AND JOHNSON.” And then I was saddened to see how here in Massachusetts a great principle of human rights is degraded to be a cover for the denial of all rights.
Sumner critiques the use of a democratic principle as a facade for denying rights, reflecting on political disillusionment.
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His loyalty to the Declaration of Independence, XIX. 317.
Consent of the governed necessary in forming new governments of, XII. 298.
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