And now, Sir, by practical services here in Washington, rendered at the call of his country, he has earned, it seems to me, this small appropriation, not as a charity to his desolate widow, but as a remuneration for labor done.
Sumner argues that the small appropriation for the deceased artist is deserved as remuneration for his labor, not as charity.
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