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A new order of things is inaugurated, with new auspices, lifting the Republic once more to that platform of principles on which it was originally placed by the Fathers.
Said by
Charles Sumner
Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

He proclaims that a new era is beginning, restoring the foundational principles of the Republic as envisioned by its founders.

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