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The plea may perhaps be pressed in defense of Congress, that financial legislation, laggard as it was, ran before popular readiness to raise money by taxes.
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Blaine discusses the challenges Congress faced in financial legislation during a time of war.
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An avenging God cannot sleep while such things find countenance.
I believe that if it should pass it will receive the sanction of nineteen-twentieths of the loyal people of the country.
I am in no boastful mood: I shall not do more than I can, but I shall do all I can to save the Government, which is my sworn duty as well as my personal inclination.
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