The mode in which this resolution has been pressed before the country, and I, with my hands tied and my lips sealed as a candidate, have been arraigned day by day, is without a precedent, not only in history but in party caucuses, in state legislatures, in state conventions or anywhere else.
Sherman criticizes the unprecedented manner in which he has been publicly attacked while being a candidate.
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Confiscation is not only justified by the laws of war, by the practice of many nations, but it is practiced by our enemies in the most obnoxious way.
Some of you broke down the only political organization that could compete with us, and thus gave us an easy victory.
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