To my personal conduct during this examination I invite your fair and candid scrutiny, with entire confidence that not only myself, but my associates of both political parties, acted honestly and properly, from a sense of public duty.
Sherman expresses confidence in the integrity of his actions and those of his political associates during a controversial investigation.
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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.
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