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In the present fatal overthrow of State Rights you teach a lesson which may return to plague the teacher.
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Sumner warns that undermining state rights could have negative consequences for those who promote such actions.
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I am opposed to a tariff for protection merely, and not for revenue."--Letter to John K.
At Baltimore the delegation of the most important State in the Union, known to be in favor of the Wilmot Proviso, was refused admission to the Convention.
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.
Above all, welcome to the united regenerated Democracy of the North, which spurns the mockery of a Republic, with professions of Freedom on the lips, while the chains of Slavery clank in the Capitol!
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