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This was a false declaration, and was also a cowardly surrender to enemies in open war.
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gutenberg.orgJohn Sherman: “This was a false declaration, and was also a cowardly surrender to enemies in open war.”
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Sherman criticizes a declaration he views as a betrayal during wartime.
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