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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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gutenberg.orgJohn Sherman: “Is it not, therefore, possible to frame a bill which will punish the prominent actors in the rebellion, proclaim amnesty…”
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Sherman proposes a bill that aims to punish rebel leaders while offering amnesty to ordinary citizens.
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It was settled by this war that we have a country limited in its powers by the constitution of the United States fairly construed.
Our family of states is already large enough to create embarrassment in the Senate, and a republic should not hold dependent provinces or possessions.
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