05/18/1888
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"I believe that this appropriation of the public funds is not within the constitutional power of the Congress."
"The direct tax levied in 1861 is not even suspected of invalidity."
"I regard the cause of civil service reform as so firmly established and its value so fully demonstrated."
"It will hardly do to say that the States and Territories who are the recipients of these large gifts may be trusted to do justice to its citizens."