They may continue Democrats in name, but they are in reality Republicans, by the same title that those who sustain Republican principles are Republicans,--or rather they are Democrats, according to the original signification of that word, dedicated to the rights of the people.
Sumner argues that Democrats supporting Greeley are fundamentally aligned with Republican principles.
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Still further: every ship-of-war that floats costs more than a well-endowed college.
The most distant are not without a present influence on our daily lives.
Controlled by such a code, employing such representatives, sustained by such agencies, animated by such Furies, and producing such fruits of tears and bitterness, it must be open to question.
I agree with the Convention in the importance of the new organization; nor do I think there are many candid persons, recognizing morals as the soul of all true politics, who will hesitate in this conclusion.
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