He spoke for high protection, for internal improvements, for liberal expenditures on public buildings, for the Blair education bill, for the maintenance of the present currency system, and for spending the surplus revenue for public purposes.
Sherman outlines key Republican policies he supports, including education and public spending.
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We have done no wrong; we have no apologies to make, and no concessions to offer.
But some of you may say, all this is very well, but what will you do to save the Union?
I have given my views, speaking for no other man, frankly and fearlessly, and I will stand by them now and in the future.
Is it not, therefore, possible to frame a bill which will punish the prominent actors in the rebellion, proclaim amnesty to the great mass of citizens in the seceding states, and separate them from their leader?
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