As a matter of course, I rejoice in the result, for in my judgment the administration of Lincoln will do much to dissipate the feeling in the south against the north, by showing what are the real purposes of the Republican party.
Sherman expresses optimism that Lincoln's administration will help mend North-South relations.
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What a pity, he said, it would have been if so great a country as the United States had been disrupted on account of slavery.
Is it not, therefore, possible to frame a bill which will punish the prominent actors in the rebellion, proclaim amnesty to the great mass of citizens in the seceding states, and separate them from their leader?
I would regard it as a public calamity to have the power of this House placed, directly or indirectly, under the control of this administration.
I have given my views, speaking for no other man, frankly and fearlessly, and I will stand by them now and in the future.
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