But, by the ascendency which their excess of representation gives them in the enactment of laws, they have invariably in time of peace excluded all direct taxation, and thereby enjoyed their excess of representation without any equivalent whatever.
Quincy argues that slaveholders benefit from representation without bearing their fair share of taxes.
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