The southern states are to be organized, by violence and intimidation, into a compact political power only needing a small fragment of the northern states to give it absolute control where, by a majority rule of the party, it will govern the country as it did in the time of Pierce and Buchanan.
Sherman warns about the potential for southern states to regain power through intimidation, threatening the political balance of the nation.
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I believe that it will give a reasonable fair protection for the great industries of agriculture, manufacture, and commerce, which lie at the basis of the prosperity of this country.
It was the same old story of injustice and wrong, of might against right.
That is all we ask, and what we demand at all hazards.
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