If it is desired now to show our virtuous indignation against card-playing, to single out this tax, which probably yields but three or four thousand dollars a year-- to show our virtuous indignation against people who play cards and against card-playing, let it be done in the name of Heaven.
Sherman sarcastically suggests that if Congress wants to show moral outrage against card-playing, they should do so openly.
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He took strong ground against the repeal of the Missouri Compromise, and in 1859 was a competitor with me for the position of speaker, but withdrew in my favor after the first ballot.
I have given my views, speaking for no other man, frankly and fearlessly, and I will stand by them now and in the future.
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Nothing is wanting but cultivation to make this a most delightful country.
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