No section and no state can, because the presidential election has gone against it, say, 'We will have this change in the constitution, or we will fire upon your flag; we will have that change in the constitution, or we will seize upon your forts.' That is not the principle upon which this government was founded.
Sherman emphasizes the importance of constitutional principles and the rule of law in governance.
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Is it not, therefore, possible to frame a bill which will punish the prominent actors in the rebellion, proclaim amnesty to the great mass of citizens in the seceding states, and separate them from their leader?
The policy of this country ought to be to make everything national as far as possible.
God forbid that the despots of the Old World should ever adorn their infernal logic by pointing to a disrupted Union here!
Nothing is wanting but cultivation to make this a most delightful country.
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