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It subjects him to the wretched chance of false oaths, forged papers, and facile commissioners, and takes from him every safeguard.
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Sumner warns of the dangers individuals face under unjust legal systems that lack safeguards.
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The first is a heavenly sentiment, from God: the other is a device of this world.
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.
Controlled by such a code, employing such representatives, sustained by such agencies, animated by such Furies, and producing such fruits of tears and bitterness, it must be open to question.
This will be the FREEDOM POWER, whose single object will be to resist the SLAVE POWER.
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