Charles Sumner: “It is different, however, with that highest condition of all, that the…”

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It is different, however, with that highest condition of all, that the State shall be republican.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner emphasizes the paramount importance of a state being republican as a fundamental condition.

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Charles Sumner: “It is different, however, with that highest condition of all, that the State shall be republican.”