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Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 2 2 2 Browse Search
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Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 4, Chapter 45: an antislavery policy.—the Trent case.—Theories of reconstruction.—confiscation.—the session of 1861-1862. (search)
on whiskey and tobacco; May 22, Congressional Globe, pp. 2283, 2315; May 27, Globe, p. 2367. a lower duty on salt; June 5, Congressional Globe, p. 2579. and the exemption of paper from tax as a tax on books. May 23, June 5, Congressional Globe, pp. 2317, 2579. In later sessions he sought reductions in the internal taxes, and particularly the repeal of the income tax, March 17, 1868, Congressional Globe, p. 1918; April 7, 1870. Works, vol. XIII. pp. 370-374. June 22 and July 1, 5, 1870, Globe, pp. 4709, 5095, 5100, 5236. and in that of 1871-1872 proposed the entire abolition of the system, which in his view had then come to be a political machine. Dec. 11, 1871, March 21, 26, and June 4, 1872, Congressional Globe, pp. 45, 1856, 1857, 1977, 4216. This session was the most remarkable of all the sessions of the Congress of the United States. To various miscellaneous matters not mentioned elsewhere, Sumner gave attention during the session,—speaking in favor of a bi