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Afterward, in 1861, the only object of the Republican party was to maintain the union of these states, to preserve our country as an inheritance for your children and your children's children.
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Sherman emphasizes the Republican Party's commitment to preserving the Union during the Civil War.
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They want disunion, and not compromise or conciliation.
It is not in my blood and these gentlemen cannot put it there.
Resolved, That the people who constitute the supreme power in the United States, should guard with jealous care the rights of the several states, as independent governments.
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.
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