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Nothing is wanting but cultivation to make this a most delightful country.
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Sherman reflects on the potential of Ohio's land for cultivation and settlement.
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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.
I believe that it will give a reasonable fair protection for the great industries of agriculture, manufacture, and commerce, which lie at the basis of the prosperity of this country.
You can arrest this movement, and you alone can do it.
The tax on spirits, tobacco and beer ought to be retained as the best objects of taxation either of domestic or imported goods.
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