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For the present I speak as a Senator, bound, in the discharge of official duty, to do what he can for the public good.
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Sumner asserts his commitment to public service as a Senator, emphasizing his duty to the people.
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It is larger than the entire profit of all the commerce and manufactures of the 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.
But so long as War exists as an Institution this terrible inconsistency must appear.
In this contest, we may borrow from the ancient Greek, who, when his hands were cut off, fought with his stumps, and even with his teeth.
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