Our fathers could not bear a Stamp Act in making which they had no voice, and they braved terrible war with the most formidable power of the globe rather than pay a tax of threepence on tea imposed by a Parliament in which they were unrepresented.
Sumner draws a parallel between the American Revolution and the importance of representation in governance.
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Sovereignty of, belongs to the people, XVI. 28.
His loyalty to the Declaration of Independence, XIX. 317.
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The only Constitutional party and party of freedom, VII. 38.
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