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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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... duties there . His next duty is to secure British rights at Greytown , just exactly as the United States ought to have had a vessel there to secure their rights . The third duty is to watch Solouque , the Emperor of Hayti , to prevent ...
... duties there . His next duty is to secure British rights at Greytown , just exactly as the United States ought to have had a vessel there to secure their rights . The third duty is to watch Solouque , the Emperor of Hayti , to prevent ...
Contents
BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIR PAGE | xiii |
SPEECHES IN The Senate of the United STATES | 51 |
Freedom in the District of ColumbiaFreedom in New MexicoIndemnities | 278 |
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