It is not necessarily connected with any particular form, but it most naturally associates with the representative form, as being best calculated to secure the end for which a nation is at the expense of supporting it.
Paine explains that while republicanism isn't tied to a specific form, it naturally aligns with representative government as the best means to achieve its goals.
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But from such opposition the French Revolution, instead of suffering, receives an homage.
It was Government dethroning Government; and the old one, by attempting to make a new one, made a chasm.
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