Charles Sumner: “Ask any student of republican institutions what is one of their…”

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Ask any student of republican institutions what is one of their admitted triumphs, and he will name the vote by ballot.

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Sumner highlights the importance of voting by ballot as a key achievement of republican institutions.

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Charles Sumner: “Ask any student of republican institutions what is one of their admitted triumphs, and he will name the vote by ballot.”