Very much like the democracy of the barons of Runnymede, who, when they met together to dictate Magna Charta to King John, guarded fully their own privileges as against the king, but cared but little for the rights of the people.
Sherman draws a parallel between the South's democracy and the barons of Runnymede, emphasizing the protection of elite privileges.
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