This session the same Senators, enlightened by the long debate and heeding the call of the press, gave to the subject the most careful and deliberate consideration, and agreed upon this bill without much debate, and yet the press is not happy.
Sherman reflects on the Senate's careful consideration of a financial bill, contrasting it with previous debates and media criticism.
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It was settled by this war that we have a country limited in its powers by the constitution of the United States fairly construed.
Proud of Ohio, of its history and people, willing at all times to sound its praise in the sisterhood of states, yet, according to my convictions, the United States is entitled to my allegiance, and all parts of it should receive equal care…
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.
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