Charles Sumner: “They are the complements of each other, and, even while in open conflict, unite in duty to country.”

But so long as War exists as an Institution this terrible inconsistency must appear.

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 larger than the entire profit of all the commerce and manufactures of the world.

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.