John Sherman: “To still further secure a fixed relative value of silver and gold, the United States might invite an international…”

It was the same old story of injustice and wrong, of might against right.

If that party had been content with the compromise of 1850, and had faithfully observed the pledges in its platform, there would have been no Civil War.

Thus the Kansas question became a political question in the Supreme Court.

I believe that it will give a reasonable fair protection for the great industries of agriculture, manufacture, and commerce, which lie at the basis of the prosperity of this country.