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Q. Are not all the people very able to pay those taxes ? A. No. The frontier counties , all along the continent , having been frequently ravaged by the enemy , and greatly impoverished , are able to pay very little tax .
Q. Are not all the people very able to pay those taxes ? A. No. The frontier counties , all along the continent , having been frequently ravaged by the enemy , and greatly impoverished , are able to pay very little tax .
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My friends , we declare that this nation is able to legislate for its own people on every question , without waiting for the aid or consent of any other nation on earth ; and upon that issue we expect to carry every State in the Union .
My friends , we declare that this nation is able to legislate for its own people on every question , without waiting for the aid or consent of any other nation on earth ; and upon that issue we expect to carry every State in the Union .
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HE most brilliant , honest and able exponent of this point of view was Hamilton . He was too impatient of slow - moving methods . THE Fundamentally he believed that the safety of the Republic lay in the autocratic Refers to strength of ...
HE most brilliant , honest and able exponent of this point of view was Hamilton . He was too impatient of slow - moving methods . THE Fundamentally he believed that the safety of the Republic lay in the autocratic Refers to strength of ...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | 12 Americans Speak |
| Editor | John Edwin Pomfret |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Huntington Library, 1954 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 24 Sep 2007 |
| Length | 183 pages |
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