Mark, if you please, that it is not the meaning of this term according to Plato and Cicero, not even according to examples of history, nor according to definitions of monarchical writers or lexicographers,--but what is “a republican form of government” according to the requirements of the National Constitution?
Sumner clarifies that the definition of a republican government must be based on the National Constitution, rather than historical or philosophical interpretations.
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