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I ask no office, rank, pay, or expenses for myself, and will undertake to recruit this force in subordination to the state and general government, and within such limits as may be allowed.
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Sherman reiterates his willingness to recruit forces without seeking personal benefits, emphasizing his dedication.
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That is all we ask, and what we demand at all hazards.
It was the same old story of injustice and wrong, of might against right.
The legality of this legislature was denied by the great majority of the people who never acquiesced in or obeyed its enactments, thus taking the only course open to them to secure a lawful government.
Let us, my friends, unite in electing him President of the United States.
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