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This question, however, is a very delicate one to discuss in popular assemblages, and I propose, therefore, in my speeches, to make only the faintest allusions to it, not surrendering, however, our views upon the subject, for upon this, I take it, we are entirely agreed.
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John Sherman
Ohio

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Sherman outlines his strategy for addressing a delicate economic issue in public speeches.

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