To those who find peril in the growing multitudes admitted to citizenship I reply, that our Republic assumed these responsibilities when it declared the equal rights of all men, and that just government stands only on the consent of the governed.
Sumner responds to fears about citizenship by affirming the Republic's commitment to equal rights for all.
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