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The true issue for 1880 is national supremacy in national matters, honest money and an honest dollar.
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gutenberg.orgJohn Sherman: “The true issue for 1880 is national supremacy in national matters, honest money and an honest dollar.”
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Sherman articulates his vision for the political landscape in 1880, emphasizing the importance of national supremacy and honest currency.
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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.
Our family of states is already large enough to create embarrassment in the Senate, and a republic should not hold dependent provinces or possessions.
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.
Canada and Mexico as independent republics will be more valuable to the United States than if carved into additional states.
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