To now accept the nomination for governor, though it is an honor I would otherwise highly prize and feel deeply grateful for, would be justly regarded as a abandonment of a trust important to the whole country, to promote my personal advancement.
Sherman articulates that accepting a gubernatorial nomination would conflict with his responsibilities to the nation.
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The Union already embraces discordant elements enough without adding others.
What I have written is no doubt clouded with partisanship, but I would not be honest if I did not express my attachment to my party.
The life of a civilian is in what he says or writes, that of a soldier in what he does.
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.
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