I feel that it is a matter of public duty which I am bound to perform, as being connected with the refunding laws and the resumption act, that I should endeavor to make suitable provision for the next Secretary of the Treasury.
Sherman feels a public duty to ensure proper provisions are made for the next Secretary of the Treasury.
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I worked hard that winter, for hard work, I thought, was the way to fortune.
But some of you may say, all this is very well, but what will you do to save the Union?
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.
It seems to me that in the present condition of our finances there is no necessity for conferring these large powers on the Secretary of the Treasury.
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