If justice is done to the negroes they will advance in intelligence with the improvement of their condition, and with the benefit of their labor the south will become more prosperous by the diversity of employments.
Sherman expresses his belief in the potential for African Americans to improve their circumstances and contribute to the prosperity of the South after the Civil War.
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Resolved, That the Democratic party will resist all attempts at renewing in Congress, or out of it, the agitation of the slavery question, under whatever shape or color the attempt may be made.
It is not in my blood and these gentlemen cannot put it there.
The policy of this country ought to be to make everything national as far as possible.
I wrote an adverse report, but it was suppressed in the committee.
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