It is hard to renounce the opportunity which you offer me; for I have constantly hoped to visit Illinois during the present contest, and in plain language put to her people the questions which they are to decide by their votes.
Sumner expresses his disappointment at missing the chance to engage with Illinois voters during a critical time.
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But so long as War exists as an Institution this terrible inconsistency must appear.
According to recent calculations, its annual cost is not less than a thousand millions of dollars.
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.
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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