What I contend for is that the lawmaking power shall be authorized to make the distinction between innocent and harmful amusements and the places and habits of life which eventually lead to intemperance, vice and crime.
Sherman advocates for the law to differentiate between harmless and harmful social activities.
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The worst evil that could befall our country is civil war, but the outrages in Kansas cannot be continued much longer without producing it.
That is all we ask, and what we demand at all hazards.
The tax on spirits, tobacco and beer ought to be retained as the best objects of taxation either of domestic or imported goods.
Nothing is wanting but cultivation to make this a most delightful country.
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