SPEECH 
 
 OP 
 
 ORLANDO B. FICKLIN, OF ILLINOIS, 
 
 ON THE 
 
 REDUCTION OF THE TAIUEP. 
 
 D E L IV E k] ED 
 
 IN THE HOUSE OP REPRESENTATIVES, 
 
 WEDNESDAY, JULY 1, 184 6. 
 
 WASHINGTON: 
 FEINTED AT THE UNION OFFICE. 
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and encourage- 
 
 lent of the protec- 
 ,t Britain taxed her 
 lucts of this coun- 
 0 purchase the pro- 
 lips his cliildren, B 
 0 by way of retalia- 
 w, rf Great Britain 
 ivould be retaliation 
 D such power exists 
 confined in the tax- 
 it rightfully should 
 
 I however specious,