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It has always been within the power of Congress to correct this error, if error was made; but Congress has refused over and over again to do it.
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gutenberg.orgJohn Sherman: “It has always been within the power of Congress to correct this error, if error was made; but Congress has refused over…”
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Sherman criticizes Congress for its repeated refusal to correct perceived errors in coinage legislation.
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It was settled by this war that we have a country limited in its powers by the constitution of the United States fairly construed.
Though my grateful thanks are due to them and have been often expressed, yet I have felt, as they do, that my duty was to the whole country.
If my life is prolonged I will do all I can to add to the strength and prosperity of the United States, but nothing to extend its limits or to add new dangers by acquisition of foreign territory.
The events of the future are beyond the vision of mankind, but I hope our people will be content with internal growth, and avoid the complications of foreign acquisitions.
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