The first cut the connection with the mother country, and opened the way to the duties and advantages of Popular Government; the second will have failed, unless it consummates all the original promises of the Declaration our fathers took upon their lips when they became a Nation.
This quote emphasizes the importance of fulfilling the promises of the Declaration of Independence in the context of the Civil War.
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Sovereignty of, belongs to the people, XVI. 28.
The only Constitutional party and party of freedom, VII. 38.
Contrary to Christianity, but upheld by the Church, I. 54, 58.
His loyalty to the Declaration of Independence, XIX. 317.
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