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This is so plain a proposition that it is not necessary to discuss it; and the whole people of the country understand it; the plainest and simplest people understand it as well as the wisest.
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Sherman emphasizes the clarity of his economic proposition, asserting that it is understood by all citizens.
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That is all we ask, and what we demand at all hazards.
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