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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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Sherman critiques the dismissal of ongoing issues related to the Civil War, arguing that they remain relevant in contemporary politics.
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Resolved, That the people who constitute the supreme power in the United States, should guard with jealous care the rights of the several states, as independent governments.
The worst evil that could befall our country is civil war, but the outrages in Kansas cannot be continued much longer without producing it.
I worked hard that winter, for hard work, I thought, was the way to fortune.
It is not in my blood and these gentlemen cannot put it there.
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