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Confiscation is not only justified by the laws of war, by the practice of many nations, but it is practiced by our enemies in the most obnoxious way.
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Sherman argues that confiscation is not only legally justified in wartime but is also a practice employed by enemies in a manner that is often egregious.
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It was settled by this war that we have a country limited in its powers by the constitution of the United States fairly construed.
Though my grateful thanks are due to them and have been often expressed, yet I have felt, as they do, that my duty was to the whole country.
Our family of states is already large enough to create embarrassment in the Senate, and a republic should not hold dependent provinces or possessions.
The Union already embraces discordant elements enough without adding others.
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