What I mean to say is this,--and I am sure the honorable member will not be able successfully to controvert it, certainly not by authority,--that there is no difference between the State of Massachusetts and any other State in the Union with reference to its State powers.
Sumner argues for the equality of state powers across the Union, specifically referencing Massachusetts.
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It is larger than the entire profit of all the commerce and manufactures of the world.
More precious far at that moment the consolation that he had labored for his fellow-men, and the joyous confidence that all his cares had helped the Progress of his race!
In this contest, we may borrow from the ancient Greek, who, when his hands were cut off, fought with his stumps, and even with his teeth.
According to recent calculations, its annual cost is not less than a thousand millions of dollars.
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