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So far as the bill promises substantial help in putting down the Rebellion without more than countervailing mischief, it may properly be entertained.
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Sumner acknowledges that the bill may provide some help in the fight against the Rebellion, but with caution.
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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 most distant are not without a present influence on our daily lives.
According to recent calculations, its annual cost is not less than a thousand millions of dollars.
Controlled by such a code, employing such representatives, sustained by such agencies, animated by such Furies, and producing such fruits of tears and bitterness, it must be open to question.
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