Even if to-morrow I should vote to give South Carolina license to leave the confederacy, if I had the power, yet, while that flag floats, it is the bounden and sacred duty of this government to protect it against all enemies, and at all hazards.
Sherman expresses his commitment to defending the flag of the United States, regardless of political disagreements.
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He theorizes about coercing a state when he should be enforcing the laws against rebellious citizens.
Is it not, therefore, possible to frame a bill which will punish the prominent actors in the rebellion, proclaim amnesty to the great mass of citizens in the seceding states, and separate them from their leader?
He took strong ground against the repeal of the Missouri Compromise, and in 1859 was a competitor with me for the position of speaker, but withdrew in my favor after the first ballot.
The tax on spirits, tobacco and beer ought to be retained as the best objects of taxation either of domestic or imported goods.
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