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This appeared to be the rock upon which the party in power was to split.
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Sherman reflects on a critical issue that could lead to a split within the ruling party.
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Resolved, That the people who constitute the supreme power in the United States, should guard with jealous care the rights of the several states, as independent governments.
Confiscation is not only justified by the laws of war, by the practice of many nations, but it is practiced by our enemies in the most obnoxious way.
I have given my views, speaking for no other man, frankly and fearlessly, and I will stand by them now and in the future.
That is all we ask, and what we demand at all hazards.
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