I said also, that by constitutional amendment agreed to by Virginia, every man of proper age in this country was armed for his protection with the right to cast one honest vote, and no more, and have that vote counted, and you, as well as I, are bound to protect every man in the enjoyment of that right.
Sherman discusses the constitutional right to vote, emphasizing its importance for all citizens.
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God forbid that the despots of the Old World should ever adorn their infernal logic by pointing to a disrupted Union here!
Resolved, That the Democratic party will resist all attempts at renewing in Congress, or out of it, the agitation of the slavery question, under whatever shape or color the attempt may be made.
Nothing is wanting but cultivation to make this a most delightful country.
They want disunion, and not compromise or conciliation.
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