Let us rest our industries on that standard, and soon we could compete in the markets of the world in all the articles produced from iron, wood, leather, and cotton, the raw basis of which are our national productions.
Sherman advocates for basing American industries on a stable standard to enhance global competitiveness.
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I would regard it as a public calamity to have the power of this House placed, directly or indirectly, under the control of this administration.
That is all we ask, and what we demand at all hazards.
The tax on spirits, tobacco and beer ought to be retained as the best objects of taxation either of domestic or imported goods.
Let us, my friends, unite in electing him President of the United States.
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