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It is strange that at this moment, when other nations renounce privateering, we should rush forward and ostentatiously declare it part of our political system,--I might almost say, an element of our political life.
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Sumner critiques the idea of embracing privateering at a time when other nations are rejecting it.
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Nor should we be too impatient to witness the fulfilment of our aspirations.
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.
Above all, welcome to the united regenerated Democracy of the North, which spurns the mockery of a Republic, with professions of Freedom on the lips, while the chains of Slavery clank in the Capitol!
Controlled by such a code, employing such representatives, sustained by such agencies, animated by such Furies, and producing such fruits of tears and bitterness, it must be open to question.
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