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... duty is four dollars for each individual , and all experience proves that this equivalent is about equal to the actual expense of the performance of the duty . Here , then , is in an odious shape a poll - tax greater , in very many if ...
... duty is four dollars for each individual , and all experience proves that this equivalent is about equal to the actual expense of the performance of the duty . Here , then , is in an odious shape a poll - tax greater , in very many if ...
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... duty to know the defects , in order , if possible , to devise a remedy , and , failing to do so , then to decide whether the system thus irremediably defective , shall , with all its errors and imperfections , be abolished . In the ...
... duty to know the defects , in order , if possible , to devise a remedy , and , failing to do so , then to decide whether the system thus irremediably defective , shall , with all its errors and imperfections , be abolished . In the ...
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... duty is four dollars for each individual , and all experience proves that this equivalent is about equal to the actual expense of the performance of the duty . Here , then , is in an odious shape a poll - tax greater , in very many if ...
... duty is four dollars for each individual , and all experience proves that this equivalent is about equal to the actual expense of the performance of the duty . Here , then , is in an odious shape a poll - tax greater , in very many if ...
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BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIR PAGE Xiij | ix |
SPEECHES IN THE SENATE OF NEW YORK | 1 |
SPEECHES IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES | 51 |
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