Johnson is not a man of action but of theory, and so long as your party is in doubt as to the true mode of procedure, it would be at great risk that an attempt be made to displease the President by a simple law of Congress.
Sherman critiques President Johnson's theoretical approach to governance, cautioning against actions that might upset the administration.
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