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Undertaking to limit the Rights of War by the Constitution, where are you to stop?
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Sumner questions the feasibility of imposing constitutional limits on the Rights of War.
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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.
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According to recent calculations, its annual cost is not less than a thousand millions of dollars.
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