Let him further advance the public credit; let him punish all who do wrong; let him give us an administration pure, simple and republican, worthy of a nation like ours, and we will send him our approval twice over again.
Sherman calls for a pure and accountable administration, promising Republican support for such governance.
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Let us, my friends, unite in electing him President of the United States.
We have done no wrong; we have no apologies to make, and no concessions to offer.
That is all we ask, and what we demand at all hazards.
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.
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