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It demanded the payment of the public debt in coin, the resumption of specie payment, taxation for revenue only, local self-government, and State supervision of corporations.
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This statement outlines key political demands that reflect the economic and governance priorities of a particular political movement.
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As he lived, so he died, a strange, lonely, unhappy man, out of tune with the beautiful world in which he was permitted to exist upward of four score years.
And, Governor Seward, I have made it, though it be conceited in me to say so.
The heart of the country is fixed on higher and nobler things.
Thoughtful men who were not in any sense political partisans gave careful heed to his words.
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