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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Let us at all hazards prevent the extension of Slavery and the increase of the Slave Power.
Confessing the Fatherhood of God, and the consequent Brotherhood of Man, we find a divine standard of unquestionable accuracy.
Rather would I arouse you to renewed and incessant exertion.
Endeavor, for a moment, by comparison with other interests, to grapple with this sum.
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