"In legislation we all do a lot of swapping tobacco across the lines."

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Lawyers from the United StatesPeople from North CarolinaPoliticians from IllinoisPoliticians from IndianaSpeakers of the United States House of Representatives‎
Original Language: English

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Referring to a practice during the Civil War, quoted in a tribute to Cannon on his retirement; reported in Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations (1989).