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Of course the debt must be paid; nor should we lose time in paying it, nor postpone it to the next generation.
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He advocates for prompt payment of the national debt without burdening future generations.
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They are but leaders of the two contending factions into which the Slave Power is divided.
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.
They belong to a system so essentially irrational, that all the admitted virtues of many of its agents cannot save it from judgment.
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.
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