Nothing but the direct intervention of Federal influence can force through Congress the Lecompton Constitution; and if the Government, with the sanction of the people, can force upon Kansas a Constitution conceived in fraud and violence, it will be the weightiest blow ever given against free governments.
Sumner argues that only federal intervention can pass a constitution that he views as fraudulent, warning of its implications for democracy.
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