Rather than yield to traitors or the intervention of foreign powers, rather than bequeath to the next generation a broken Union, and an interminable civil war, I would light the torch of fanaticism and destroy all that the labor of two generations has accumulated.
Sherman articulates his fierce opposition to yielding to traitors or foreign intervention, prioritizing the integrity of the Union.
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