On the record
Here, Sir, let it be remembered that the friends of Freedom are not open to any charge of aggression.
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Sumner defends the advocates of freedom, stating they are not the aggressors in the current political climate.
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The devices of party can no longer stave it off.
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.
According to recent calculations, its annual cost is not less than a thousand millions of dollars.
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