Democrat and Republican, men of the South and men of the North, now agree in exercising without a scruple the power of Congress to protect American interests by the tariff, to endow and to subsidize railroads across the continent, and to build an Oceanic canal.
He notes the bipartisan agreement on Congress's ability to support American infrastructure and interests.
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