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Its object was to balance the burdens upon native industry imposed by the operation of foreign laws, but not to aggravate the burdens of one section of the Union by the relief afforded to another.
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Adams explains that the tariff's purpose was to balance burdens on native industry without unfairly disadvantaging any section of the Union.
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