In dealing with the financial question, there are two other points of ever-present importance: first, the necessity of diminishing, so far as practicable, the heavy burden of taxation so oppressive to the people; and, secondly, the necessity of substituting specie for inconvertible paper.
Sumner emphasizes the importance of reducing taxation and restoring specie payments for the financial health of the nation.
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