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No such abuse prevailed in our municipalities; and this political health at home, Sir, and not the incident of exclusive representation in a distant Legislature, has been the secret of their strength.
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Sumner asserts that the strength of municipalities comes from their political health, not merely from representation in a distant legislature.
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