John Sherman: “Are we prepared now to fix a day when we will pay these notes in coin?”

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

If my life is prolonged I will do all I can to add to the strength and prosperity of the United States, but nothing to extend its limits or to add new dangers by acquisition of foreign territory.

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

What I have written is no doubt clouded with partisanship, but I would not be honest if I did not express my attachment to my party.