It is perfectly exhaustive, free from all personalities, free from all idiosyncrasies, statesmanlike, philosophical, and calculated to become a lasting memorial of its author’s research, patient investigation, power of analysis, and, above all, his undying devotion to the cause of popular liberty and human rights.
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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.
Let us at all hazards prevent the extension of Slavery and the increase of the Slave Power.
The most distant are not without a present influence on our daily lives.
The devices of party can no longer stave it off.
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