On the record
For the proper application of these principles we ourselves are on trial before the bar of public opinion.
Source
gutenberg.orgEditor's note · Context
Sherman reflects on the public's scrutiny of the Senate's actions during a trial.
Share
More from John Sherman
Because it is framed upon the idea that it is the duty of the government, in imposing taxes, to do as little injury to the industry of the country as possible; that they are to be levied so as to extend a reasonable protection to all…
You can arrest this movement, and you alone can do it.
Is it not, therefore, possible to frame a bill which will punish the prominent actors in the rebellion, proclaim amnesty to the great mass of citizens in the seceding states, and separate them from their leader?
The tax on spirits, tobacco and beer ought to be retained as the best objects of taxation either of domestic or imported goods.
Other voices in this conversation
