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Each State will play the part of Don Quixote, and the Union will be Sancho Panza, not only bound to contributions, but driven to receive on bare back the lashes which were the penance of the knightly adventurer.
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He uses the metaphor of Don Quixote and Sancho Panza to illustrate the burdens placed on the Union by state taxation.
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