Still, if these allegations are true, it would be a cowardly shrinking from the gravest public duty to allow such events to deepen into precedents which would subvert the foundation of republican institutions and convert our elections into organized crimes.
Sherman warns against ignoring serious allegations that could threaten the integrity of republican institutions.
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