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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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Sumner asserts that the people possess their rights to a free government, which cannot be taken away by force.
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Endeavor, for a moment, by comparison with other interests, to grapple with this sum.
It is larger than the entire profit of all the commerce and manufactures of the world.
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