While progressive, the people of that country are also conservative, but with each successive decade they extend the power of the House of Commons so that already in some respects it represents better the public sentiment than the Congress of the United States.
Sherman describes the balance of progressivism and conservatism in British society and its evolving representation in government.
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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.
During forty years of public life, though many able men have aspired to the office I hold, the people of Ohio, through their general assembly, have preferred me to represent them.
The Union already embraces discordant elements enough without adding others.
Our country, our whole country, and nothing but our country" has been the watchword and creed of my public life.
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