If the committee had adopted this report, and even had reduced the rates of duty proposed by the commission, but preserved the harmony and symmetry of the plan, we would have had a better tariff law than has existed in this country.
Sherman reflects on the potential for a better tariff law if the committee had followed the commission's recommendations.
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Morrill's bill is a great improvement on the tariff of 1857.
It was the same old story of injustice and wrong, of might against right.
We have done no wrong; we have no apologies to make, and no concessions to offer.
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.
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