Veto Message
02/03/1887
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No condition ought to exist which would justify the grant of power to a single official, upon his judgment of its necessity, to withhold fro...
The amount of money annually exacted from the industries and necessities of the people largely exceeds the sum necessary to meet the expense...
It is plain that the exaction of more than this is indefensible extortion and a culpable betrayal of American fairness and justice.
The public Treasury, which should only exist as a conduit conveying the people's tribute to its legitimate objects of expenditure, becomes a...