On the record
I think also that the country wanted to rebuke the attempt of the Democrats to narrow the issue to the low level of personal abuse.
Source
gutenberg.orgJohn Sherman: “I think also that the country wanted to rebuke the attempt of the Democrats to narrow the issue to the low level of…”
Editor's note · Context
Sherman believes the public wanted to reject the Democrats' focus on personal attacks during the campaign.
Share
More from John Sherman
Our family of states is already large enough to create embarrassment in the Senate, and a republic should not hold dependent provinces or possessions.
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.
Canada and Mexico as independent republics will be more valuable to the United States than if carved into additional states.
It was settled by this war that we have a country limited in its powers by the constitution of the United States fairly construed.
Other voices in this conversation
