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Is it not, therefore, possible to frame a bill which will punish the prominent actors in the rebellion, proclaim amnesty to the great mass of citizens in the seceding states, and separate them from their leader?
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Sherman proposes a bill that aims to punish rebel leaders while offering amnesty to ordinary citizens.
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I have participated in framing many tariff bills, but have never succeeded in securing one that I entirely approved.
They want disunion, and not compromise or conciliation.
It is not in my blood and these gentlemen cannot put it there.
He took strong ground against the repeal of the Missouri Compromise, and in 1859 was a competitor with me for the position of speaker, but withdrew in my favor after the first ballot.
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