Charles Sumner: “Every workman pays it in his food and clothing; every mechanic and artisan, in his tools; every housewife, in her…”

“Every workman pays it in his food and clothing; every mechanic and artisan, in his tools; every housewife, in her cooking-stove and flat-iron; every merchant, in the stamp upon his note; every man of salary, in the income tax; ay, every laborer, in his wood, his coal, his potatoes, and his salt.”