It seems to me that the publication of that letter is calculated to place the general in a wrong light before the public, taken in connection with what correspondents have said before, evidently getting their inspiration from the White House.
Sherman expressed concern about how the publication of a letter could misrepresent him to the public.
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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.
Our country, our whole country, and nothing but our country" has been the watchword and creed of my public life.
Proud of Ohio, of its history and people, willing at all times to sound its praise in the sisterhood of states, yet, according to my convictions, the United States is entitled to my allegiance, and all parts of it should receive equal care…
Canada and Mexico as independent republics will be more valuable to the United States than if carved into additional states.
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