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Both parties deprecated war; but one of them would make war rather than let the Union survive; and the other would accept war rather than let it perish.
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gutenberg.orgJohn Sherman: “Both parties deprecated war; but one of them would make war rather than let the Union survive; and the other would…”
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Sherman reflects on the conflicting attitudes towards war during the Civil War, emphasizing the stark choices faced by the parties involved.
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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.
The life of a civilian is in what he says or writes, that of a soldier in what he does.
The Union already embraces discordant elements enough without adding others.
What I have written is no doubt clouded with partisanship, but I would not be honest if I did not express my attachment to my party.
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