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This is a republican government, and surely you will not abandon the first principle of a republican government without good reason.
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Sumner reaffirms the importance of adhering to the foundational principles of a republican government.
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Above all, welcome to the united regenerated Democracy of the North, which spurns the mockery of a Republic, with professions of Freedom on the lips, while the chains of Slavery clank in the Capitol!
In this contest, we may borrow from the ancient Greek, who, when his hands were cut off, fought with his stumps, and even with his teeth.
This will be the FREEDOM POWER, whose single object will be to resist the SLAVE POWER.
Rather would I arouse you to renewed and incessant exertion.
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