The same power which guided our fathers' fathers through the Revolutionary War, upheld the arms of the soldiers of the Union Army in the Civil War, and I trust that the same good Providence will guide our great nation in the years to come.
Sherman invokes the idea of divine guidance for the nation, linking past struggles to future hopes.
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The policy of this country ought to be to make everything national as far as possible.
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.
It is not in my blood and these gentlemen cannot put it there.
It seems to me that in the present condition of our finances there is no necessity for conferring these large powers on the Secretary of the Treasury.
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