He has been trained from the beginning of his public life in advocacy of the rights of man, and no man has been more unfaltering in his demand that the whole power of the government should be used to protect the colored people of the south from unlawful violence and unfriendly local legislation.
Sherman advocates for civil rights, emphasizing his commitment to protecting the rights of African Americans in the South.
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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?
I have participated in framing many tariff bills, but have never succeeded in securing one that I entirely approved.
The worst evil that could befall our country is civil war, but the outrages in Kansas cannot be continued much longer without producing it.
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