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What is the object of accumulating these vast balances in the treasury?
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Sherman questions the purpose of maintaining large treasury balances, highlighting concerns about fiscal policy.
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Resolved, That the people who constitute the supreme power in the United States, should guard with jealous care the rights of the several states, as independent governments.
That is all we ask, and what we demand at all hazards.
It was the same old story of injustice and wrong, of might against right.
He theorizes about coercing a state when he should be enforcing the laws against rebellious citizens.
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