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Charles Sumner: “Every argument for making the duty low is equally strong against having any duty on the subject.”

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Every argument for making the duty low is equally strong against having any duty on the subject.
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Charles Sumner
Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Sumner argues that the case for lowering duties is equally valid for eliminating them altogether.

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