I accept the office as a trust to be performed under the active vigilance of political adversaries and the partial scrutiny of friends, but with the sole object of promoting the honor and prosperity of the United States.
Sherman emphasizes his commitment to serving the United States with integrity and vigilance.
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The legality of this legislature was denied by the great majority of the people who never acquiesced in or obeyed its enactments, thus taking the only course open to them to secure a lawful government.
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?
Our gold dollar is certainly as good a unit of value as the franc; and so the English think of their pound sterling.
It seems to me that in the present condition of our finances there is no necessity for conferring these large powers on the Secretary of the Treasury.
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