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I believed then, and believe now, that the quarrel with Johnson did much to weaken the Republican party.
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gutenberg.orgJohn Sherman: “I believed then, and believe now, that the quarrel with Johnson did much to weaken the Republican party.”
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Sherman reflects on the impact of political conflicts on party unity during the Reconstruction era.
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