All this gloom and doubt, all this arraignment of official statements, this doubt of our sufficient revenues, this doubt of our ability to meet and advance our destiny, always falls upon my ear with painful surprise.
Sherman expresses his dismay at the pervasive doubt regarding the nation's financial capabilities and future.
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They want disunion, and not compromise or conciliation.
If that party had been content with the compromise of 1850, and had faithfully observed the pledges in its platform, there would have been no Civil War.
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