I said I thought this spirit ought to be observed by the representatives of the people of Ohio and of the United States, that whenever the interests of the people were under consideration party spirit should sink into insignificance.
Sherman advocates for unity among representatives when addressing the people's interests.
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Our country, our whole country, and nothing but our country" has been the watchword and creed of my public life.
Canada and Mexico as independent republics will be more valuable to the United States than if carved into additional states.
During forty years of public life, though many able men have aspired to the office I hold, the people of Ohio, through their general assembly, have preferred me to represent them.
It was settled by this war that we have a country limited in its powers by the constitution of the United States fairly construed.
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