First was gaining acceptance as undisputed leader of the republican cause.

Not to mention his inadvertent advancement of the republican cause.

He needs his party to be supportive of the republican cause but hard on terrorism.

Many republicans were horrified by the bombing and described it as a blow to the republican cause.

"I am not letting this issue go until those who have sullied the name of the republican cause are made to account for their actions."

Until 1812, the University supported the republican cause.

"Bloody Sunday," now a rallying cry for the republican cause, was a watershed.

Reynolds was pledged to the republican cause by his purchases of confiscated lands.

Different groups within the republican cause expressed views as to which one was preferable.

You could hardly design a better recruiting sergeant for the republican cause.