John Sherman: “Upon this issue we intend to make our appeal to the honest and honorable people of the southern states.”

What I have written is no doubt clouded with partisanship, but I would not be honest if I did not express my attachment to my party.

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.

Canada and Mexico as independent republics will be more valuable to the United States than if carved into additional states.

Though my grateful thanks are due to them and have been often expressed, yet I have felt, as they do, that my duty was to the whole country.