The popularity of Americans in Europe was mentioned, and it was said of them that while abroad they were not partisans, but patriots; they believed that any party at home was better than all parties in foreign lands.
Sherman remarks on the perception of Americans in Europe as patriots rather than partisans.
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During forty years of public life, though many able men have aspired to the office I hold, the people of Ohio, through their general assembly, have preferred me to represent them.
Though my grateful thanks are due to them and have been often expressed, yet I have felt, as they do, that my duty was to the whole country.
What I have written is no doubt clouded with partisanship, but I would not be honest if I did not express my attachment to my party.
The Union already embraces discordant elements enough without adding others.
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