The same old questions about the rights of states to nullify the laws of the United States--the same old policy to belittle and degrade our national government into a mere confederacy of states--are now thrust forward into prominence.
Sherman critiques the Democratic party's attempts to undermine the authority of the national government, reflecting on historical issues of state rights.
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The Union already embraces discordant elements enough without adding others.
During forty years of public life, though many able men have aspired to the office I hold, the people of Ohio, through their general assembly, have preferred me to represent them.
It was settled by this war that we have a country limited in its powers by the constitution of the United States fairly construed.
Our country, our whole country, and nothing but our country" has been the watchword and creed of my public life.
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