I said the Republicans were defeated because of the prohibition question and the law reducing the tariff on wool; that many Germans feared an invasion of their rights and an interference with their habits, and the farmers objected to the discrimination made by our tariff against their industries.
Sherman analyzes the reasons behind the Republican defeat in Ohio, citing the prohibition question and tariff issues.
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I have participated in framing many tariff bills, but have never succeeded in securing one that I entirely approved.
God forbid that the despots of the Old World should ever adorn their infernal logic by pointing to a disrupted Union here!
I worked hard that winter, for hard work, I thought, was the way to fortune.
But, sir, I have no hope, while this House is constituted as it is now, of instituting any radical reform.
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