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Charles Sumner: “From these sources of power I pass to that other found in the constitutional obligation to guaranty to every State of…”

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From these sources of power I pass to that other found in the constitutional obligation to guaranty to every State of the Union a republican form of government.
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Charles Sumner
Massachusetts

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He refers to the constitutional obligation to ensure a republican form of government for every state.

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