To him is due the great tariff, that of 1861, which will always pass by his name, of which every protective tariff since has been but a modification and adjustment to conditions somewhat changed, conditions which in general, so far as they were favorable, were the result of that measure.
Hoar credits a key figure with the establishment of a foundational tariff that shaped future economic policies.
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He has fallen at the very gate of an honorable and eminent career, and a thousand hopes are buried in his grave.
It relates to matters more permanent than human life.
It will be better for his reputation that the chapter of that history which relates to him shall be written by a historian with a full and clear sense of those faults and infirmities, concealing nothing, and extenuating nothing.
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