They have heard others openly pronounce threats of disunion; proclaim that if a Republican be duly elected President of the United States, they would tear down this fair fabric of our rights and liberties, and break up the union of these states.
Sherman warns of threats to the Union and the potential consequences of a Republican presidency, reflecting his concerns for national unity.
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That is all we ask, and what we demand at all hazards.
God forbid that the despots of the Old World should ever adorn their infernal logic by pointing to a disrupted Union here!
Is it not, therefore, possible to frame a bill which will punish the prominent actors in the rebellion, proclaim amnesty to the great mass of citizens in the seceding states, and separate them from their leader?
It is not in my blood and these gentlemen cannot put it there.
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