06/04/1888
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"The direct tax levied in 1861 is not even suspected of invalidity."
"I herewith transmit a report from the Secretary of State, in further response to the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 22d (21st) of December last, touching affairs in Madagascar."
"A government is not only kind, but performs its highest duty when it restores to the citizen taxes unlawfully collected."
"I have the honor to transmit herewith a report of the Secretary of State, concerning the expenses of the representation of the United States at the Brussels Exhibition of 1888."