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For these I have labored always by speech and vote, in the Senate and elsewhere,--at first with few only, but at last, as success began to dawn, then with multitudes flocking forward.
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Sumner describes his consistent efforts in advocating for the Republican Party, noting the growth of support over time.
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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.
According to recent calculations, its annual cost is not less than a thousand millions of dollars.
It is a cause which, though long kept in check throughout our country, as also in Europe, now confronts the people and their rulers, demanding to be heard.
Rather would I arouse you to renewed and incessant exertion.
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