John Sherman: “I defended the latter as a protective measure that, while reducing taxation, maintained the protection of all American…”

It was settled by this war that we have a country limited in its powers by the constitution of the United States fairly construed.

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.

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.

Our family of states is already large enough to create embarrassment in the Senate, and a republic should not hold dependent provinces or possessions.