Mr. Justice FIELD delivered the opinion of the court.
This case arises upon the fourteenth section of the act of Congress of July 14th, 1862, entitled "An act increasing temporarily the duties on imports, and for other purposes." That section provides that after the first day of August, 1862, "there shall be levied, collected, and paid on all goods, wares, and merchandise of the growth or produce of countries beyond the Cape of Good Hope, when imported from places...
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