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I believe that I may go further, as the Senator has suggested, and say that a tariff so far prohibitory will actually diminish instead of increasing revenue.
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Charles Sumner
Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Sumner argues that a prohibitory tariff will not increase revenue as intended.

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