The guaranty is by the United States; therefore Congress must perform it; and, in the discharge of this eminent duty, it must affix the true meaning to the requirement, declaring what is a republican government, and supplying the long-sought definition.
He insists that Congress must define what constitutes a republican government to fulfill its constitutional obligations.
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They who strive after it, Ixion-like, embrace a cloud.
The subterfuges of the politician cannot escape it.
The most distant are not without a present influence on our daily lives.
Endeavor, for a moment, by comparison with other interests, to grapple with this sum.
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