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That this should continue to flaunt, now that Slavery is condemned, increases the inconsistency.
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Sumner highlights the hypocrisy of allowing slavery to persist despite its condemnation.
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I am opposed to a tariff for protection merely, and not for revenue."--Letter to John K.
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.
Nay, more,--if it would be criminal in these several clusters of States to reëstablish the Institution of War as Arbiter of Justice, then is it criminal in the Commonwealth of Nations to continue it.
It is larger than the entire profit of all the commerce and manufactures of the world.
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