If there is not, then, if we cannot agree, let us fight; but if we can agree, let us do it like men, and not be hurried off by wild and insane feelings of rage and disappointment, by the weakest state in this confederacy.
Sherman advocates for resolving differences peacefully rather than succumbing to rage and conflict.
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