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The remedy for this must chiefly rest with the States from whose legislation it has sprung.
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gutenberg.orgMartin Van Buren: “The remedy for this must chiefly rest with the States from whose legislation it has sprung.”
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Van Buren asserts that the responsibility for remedying economic issues lies primarily with the states.
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