John Sherman: “The people cannot afford to wait without encountering all the hardships of bankruptcy and ruin. . . .”

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.

The Union already embraces discordant elements enough without adding others.

The events of the future are beyond the vision of mankind, but I hope our people will be content with internal growth, and avoid the complications of foreign acquisitions.

Our country, our whole country, and nothing but our country" has been the watchword and creed of my public life.