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 legality of this legislature was denied by the great majority of the people who never acquiesced in or obeyed its enactments, thus taking the only course open to them to secure a lawful government.
That is all we ask, and what we demand at all hazards.
We have done no wrong; we have no apologies to make, and no concessions to offer.
The worst evil that could befall our country is civil war, but the outrages in Kansas cannot be continued much longer without producing it.
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