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Is it to defeat these ideas that you would risk scenes of violence in the House, or the subversion of the constitution by the Senate of the United States?
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gutenberg.orgJohn Sherman: “Is it to defeat these ideas that you would risk scenes of violence in the House, or the subversion of the constitution…”
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Sherman challenges the audience on the consequences of opposing certain policies, including potential violence.
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