The first tariff Act was therefore in a certain sense a second Declaration of Independence; and by a coincidence which could not have been more striking or more significant, it was approved by President Washington on the fourth day of July, 1789.
Blaine draws a parallel between the first tariff Act and the Declaration of Independence, marking its significance.
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