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Upon the great questions of currency and Finance, of Internal Improvements, of Protection to American Industry, so far from agreeing with the Whigs, he has distinctly avowed that he has formed no opinion at all.
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Hoar critiques Taylor's indifference towards key economic issues, contrasting it with Whig principles.
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