Now. will not some gentleman tell me why we should bring rocks and stones 3.000 miles across the Atlantic Ocean? Pray. have we not ledges and rocks enough in this country from which to quarry every conceivable kind of material for building or monumental purposes? There can be but one answer. and that answer is that these stones can be wrought by the poorly paid. underpaid. and pauper labor of Europe cheaper than they can in this country. and cross the Atlantic and be laid down in our markets for less than they can be quarried and wrought here. In the name of my constituents in Quincy. in the name of the honest workmen in that city. who areas industrious. intelligent. and thrifty a class of mechanics as are to be found in the country. I ask that the duty as fixed by the Committee on Ways and Means be allowed to stand.
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