All history teaches us that whenever a free government is disrupted a military despotism of force is substituted for the will of the people; and we have no right to suppose that our country will be an exception to the general rule.
Sherman reflects on the historical pattern of military despotism following the disruption of free governments.
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What I have written is no doubt clouded with partisanship, but I would not be honest if I did not express my attachment to my party.
Our country, our whole country, and nothing but our country" has been the watchword and creed of my public life.
Though my grateful thanks are due to them and have been often expressed, yet I have felt, as they do, that my duty was to the whole country.
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