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From this time forth, among the patriotic people of the loyal states, there was no thought or talk of compromise.
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gutenberg.orgJohn Sherman: “From this time forth, among the patriotic people of the loyal states, there was no thought or talk of compromise.”
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Sherman reflects on the shift in public sentiment towards compromise as the Civil War approached.
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