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I regret that food or clothes are taxed, because the tax presses upon the poor.
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Sumner expresses regret over the taxation of basic necessities, particularly its burden on the poor.
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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.
Above all, welcome to the united regenerated Democracy of the North, which spurns the mockery of a Republic, with professions of Freedom on the lips, while the chains of Slavery clank in the Capitol!
The most distant are not without a present influence on our daily lives.
Still further: every ship-of-war that floats costs more than a well-endowed college.
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