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The revenue system of the country is a subject of vital interest to its honor and prosperity, and should command the earnest consideration of Congress.
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Johnson emphasizes the importance of a robust revenue system for the nation's prosperity.
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Jul 17, 1868
My object in this communication is to suggest certain defects in the Constitution which seem to me to require correction.
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I transmit herewith, in answer to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 16th of December last, a report from the Secretary of State of the 6th instant.
Jul 19, 1868
No power exists in the Constitution authorizing the joint resolution or the supposed law--the only difference being that one would be more palpably unconstitutional and revolutionary than the other.
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