John Sherman: “This memorable result was the turning point of the slavery…”

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This memorable result was the turning point of the slavery controversy.

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Sherman identifies a significant moment in the slavery controversy that marked a turning point.

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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.

It was settled by this war that we have a country limited in its powers by the constitution of the United States fairly construed.

Our country, our whole country, and nothing but our country" has been the watchword and creed of my public life.

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.

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John Sherman: “This memorable result was the turning point of the slavery controversy.”