In vindicating this principle, the Republican party have a grateful duty, to which they are moved by justice to a much-injured race, excluded from its protection, and by justice also to the Fathers, whose well-chosen words, fit foundation for empire, are turned into mockery.
Sumner emphasizes the Republican Party's duty to protect marginalized groups and uphold the principles of justice.
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