Thomas Jefferson was an original Democrat; but he drew with his own hand the Declaration of Independence, which announces that all men are equal in rights, and that just government stands only on the consent of the governed.
Sumner highlights Thomas Jefferson's role as a Democrat and his commitment to equality as stated in the Declaration of Independence.
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Nay, more,--if it would be criminal in these several clusters of States to reëstablish the Institution of War as Arbiter of Justice, then is it criminal in the Commonwealth of Nations to continue it.
According to recent calculations, its annual cost is not less than a thousand millions of dollars.
Rather would I arouse you to renewed and incessant exertion.
Again I repeat, so long as the War System prevails under the sanction of International Law, these painful incongruities will be apparent.
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