As to the resumption policy, the law is plain and mandatory, and, more than all, the law is right, and the Republican party might as well understand first as last, that the question of resumption is one higher than any party obligations and will be pursued by our adversaries if we do not.
Sherman emphasizes the significance of the resumption policy and its priority over party obligations.
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Some of you broke down the only political organization that could compete with us, and thus gave us an easy victory.
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