However strictly the citizen may exclude from his premises all foreign luxuries, fine cloths, fine silks, rich wines, golden chains, and diamond rings,--still, for the possession of his house, his barn, and his homespun he is to be perpetually haunted and harassed by the tax-gatherer.
In an address from a Whig committee, Lincoln argues against direct taxation by illustrating its pervasive nature.
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