It was in the name of “the good people of these Colonies,” called “one people,” that our fathers put forth the Declaration of Independence, with its preamble of Unity, and its dedication of the new Nation to Human Rights.
Sumner emphasizes the foundational principles of unity and human rights in the Declaration of Independence.
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