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Upon its face it is an informal private note dictated by the purest motives--a desire to preserve harmony--and not intended for publication.
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Sherman described a letter as an informal note meant to maintain harmony, not for public release.
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It was settled by this war that we have a country limited in its powers by the constitution of the United States fairly construed.
The life of a civilian is in what he says or writes, that of a soldier in what he does.
If my life is prolonged I will do all I can to add to the strength and prosperity of the United States, but nothing to extend its limits or to add new dangers by acquisition of foreign territory.
The Union already embraces discordant elements enough without adding others.
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