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But to deny that under the Constitution of the United States this constitution is republican in form is to deny that we have a republic at all.… The State of Massachusetts is a little forward on this subject.
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Sumner argues that denying the republican nature of a constitution that includes racial discrimination undermines the very concept of a republic.
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