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A proper tax on two articles, whiskey and tobacco, with proper securities for its collection, would go far to support the Government.
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He suggests that a proper tax on whiskey and tobacco could significantly support government finances.
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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.
It is true, doubtless, that there are various races of men; but there is but one great Human Family, in which Caucasian, Ethiopian, Chinese, and Indian are all brothers, children of one Father, and heirs to one happiness.
They are but leaders of the two contending factions into which the Slave Power is divided.
But so long as War exists as an Institution this terrible inconsistency must appear.
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