John Sherman: “While we waive the animosities of the war, we must never fail to hold…”

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While we waive the animosities of the war, we must never fail to hold on, with courage and fortitude, to all the results of the war.

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Sherman emphasizes the importance of upholding the outcomes of the Civil War while moving past its animosities.

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It was settled by this war that we have a country limited in its powers by the constitution of the United States fairly construed.

Though my grateful thanks are due to them and have been often expressed, yet I have felt, as they do, that my duty was to the whole country.

The Union already embraces discordant elements enough without adding others.

Canada and Mexico as independent republics will be more valuable to the United States than if carved into additional states.

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John Sherman: “While we waive the animosities of the war, we must never fail to hold on, with courage and fortitude, to all the results…”