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And remember that justice to the colored race is the sheet-anchor of the national credit.
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Sumner stresses that justice for the colored race is crucial for the nation's credibility and stability.
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I am in favor of a tariff for revenue, such a one as will yield a sufficient amount to the treasury to defray the expenses of the government, economically administered.
The devices of party can no longer stave it off.
In this contest, we may borrow from the ancient Greek, who, when his hands were cut off, fought with his stumps, and even with his teeth.
They belong to a system so essentially irrational, that all the admitted virtues of many of its agents cannot save it from judgment.
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