For the moment, under the smart of imaginary wrongs, under the disappointment of political defeat, your people may be hurried into acts of madness; but when returning reason comes, woe be to them who have led them astray!
Sherman warns that temporary emotional responses can lead to disastrous actions during political turmoil.
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Thus the Kansas question became a political question in the Supreme Court.
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.
I have given my views, speaking for no other man, frankly and fearlessly, and I will stand by them now and in the future.
Resolved, That the Democratic party will resist all attempts at renewing in Congress, or out of it, the agitation of the slavery question, under whatever shape or color the attempt may be made.
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