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I meant my Springfield speech to be an historical statement of the position of the two parties and their tendencies and aims in the past and for the future.
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Sherman reflects on the purpose of his Springfield speech in relation to the political landscape.
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God forbid that the despots of the Old World should ever adorn their infernal logic by pointing to a disrupted Union here!
Let us, my friends, unite in electing him President of the United States.
Resolved, That the people who constitute the supreme power in the United States, should guard with jealous care the rights of the several states, as independent governments.
But some of you may say, all this is very well, but what will you do to save the Union?
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