I have thought so much about this, and am so much troubled about it, that I would feel almost like giving up the ship rather than to undertake the additional task which the bill as now reported would impose upon me.
Sherman expresses his deep concern about the additional responsibilities imposed by a proposed bill.
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The policy of this country ought to be to make everything national as far as possible.
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We have done no wrong; we have no apologies to make, and no concessions to offer.
You have all contributed, more or less, in perverting the public mind as to our principles and purposes.
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