The writer is not content with one clause of the Constitution:--

“Another section says, ‘No State shall make or enforce

any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of

citizens of the United States.’ Another section says, ‘The

United States shall guaranty to every State in this Union

a republican form of government.’ The section last cited

contemplates a case where a controlling power shall strive

to have it otherwise, and the subordinated individuals need

protection. Congress is left the judge of what constitutes a

republican form of government, and consequently of the rights

incidental thereto.”

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