Charles Sumner: “They make the Declaration, what the Fathers intended, no mean…”

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They make the Declaration, what the Fathers intended, no mean proclamation of oligarchic egotism, but a charter and freehold for all mankind.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner asserts that the Declaration of Independence should be a universal charter for all humanity, not just a select few.

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Sovereignty of, belongs to the people, XVI. 28.

Contrary to Christianity, but upheld by the Church, I. 54, 58.

Early testimony of the Church against, I. 59.

Consent of the governed necessary in forming new governments of, XII. 298.

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Charles Sumner: “They make the Declaration, what the Fathers intended, no mean proclamation of oligarchic egotism, but a charter and…”