To our Republic.
Article 4 Section 4 of the United states (note the small case of states) Constitution.
"The United States shall guarantee to every state in this union a republican form of government, and shall protect each of them against invasion; and on application of the legislature, or of the executive (when the legislature cannot be convened) against domestic violence."
September 17, 1787 - The signing of the constitution
diu vivit