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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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Sherman reflects on the shift in public sentiment towards compromise as the Civil War approached.
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The tax on spirits, tobacco and beer ought to be retained as the best objects of taxation either of domestic or imported goods.
That is all we ask, and what we demand at all hazards.
This power in the hands of a few is at this moment the disturbing element in many of our great industries.
I believe that it will give a reasonable fair protection for the great industries of agriculture, manufacture, and commerce, which lie at the basis of the prosperity of this country.
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