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You have lived to strike down in Washington the power that lifted the bludgeon against your own free voice.
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Sumner commends the efforts of a colleague in overcoming oppression in Washington.
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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.
The first is a heavenly sentiment, from God: the other is a device of this world.
Out of this pernicious prejudice have proceeded that persecution and neglect which are the too frequent lot of the world's pioneers.
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