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They have possession of a free government, their birthright and inheritance, derived to them from their parent state, which the hand of violence cannot wrest from them.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “They have possession of a free government, their birthright and inheritance, derived to them from their parent state…”
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Sumner asserts that the people possess their rights to a free government, which cannot be taken away by force.
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