On the record
Protection goes with allegiance, and allegiance ceases to be a duty when protection is denied.
Source
gutenberg.orgEditor's note · Context
Sherman states that allegiance to the government is contingent upon the protection it provides to its citizens.
Share
More from John Sherman
I believe that it will give a reasonable fair protection for the great industries of agriculture, manufacture, and commerce, which lie at the basis of the prosperity of this country.
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.
Is it not, therefore, possible to frame a bill which will punish the prominent actors in the rebellion, proclaim amnesty to the great mass of citizens in the seceding states, and separate them from their leader?
Our gold dollar is certainly as good a unit of value as the franc; and so the English think of their pound sterling.
Other voices in this conversation
