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Charles Sumner: “If I said the rich man felt it, you would reply, “That makes no difference; let him feel it.” I insist that every poor…”

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If I said the rich man felt it, you would reply, “That makes no difference; let him feel it.” I insist that every poor man feels it; and I insist further, that all who are interested in the manufactures of the country necessarily feel it,--not only producers and owners, but all who use the products of their looms.
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Charles Sumner
Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Sumner emphasizes that both the rich and poor feel the effects of taxation on essential goods.

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