Charles Sumner: “It cannot invoke in its behalf that great principle of the Declaration…”

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It cannot invoke in its behalf that great principle of the Declaration of Independence; therefore it is not republican in form.

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Massachusetts

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He argues that a government lacking the principles of the Declaration of Independence cannot be considered republican.

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Charles Sumner: “It cannot invoke in its behalf that great principle of the Declaration of Independence; therefore it is not republican…”