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When we point out these offenses committed in the south, it is said that we are raising the bloody shirt, that we are reviving the issues of the war--that the war is over.
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gutenberg.orgJohn Sherman: “When we point out these offenses committed in the south, it is said that we are raising the bloody shirt, that we are…”
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Sherman critiques the dismissal of ongoing issues related to the Civil War, arguing that they remain relevant in contemporary politics.
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