It would make them see that legislators here, while imposing it, thought of the poor, and took such steps as they could to the end that this burden should not press upon them with undue severity,--so that it might, to a certain extent, be equalized upon them and upon the rich.
Sumner emphasizes the importance of considering the financial disparities between the rich and the poor when imposing military drafts.
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The most distant are not without a present influence on our daily lives.
This will be the FREEDOM POWER, whose single object will be to resist the SLAVE POWER.
It is clear that the only question of present practical interest arises from the usurpations of the Slave Power and the efforts to extend Slavery.
I am opposed to a tariff for protection merely, and not for revenue."--Letter to John K.
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