I felt the deepest interest in this campaign, not from the selfish desire to hold longer an office I had held for nearly thirty years, but I thought that in Ohio we were to have a great financial battle, upon the result of which might depend the monetary system of the United States.
Sherman shares his deep interest in a campaign that he believes could impact the monetary system of the United States.
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What a pity, he said, it would have been if so great a country as the United States had been disrupted on account of slavery.
It is not in my blood and these gentlemen cannot put it there.
It seems to me that in the present condition of our finances there is no necessity for conferring these large powers on the Secretary of the Treasury.
We have done no wrong; we have no apologies to make, and no concessions to offer.
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