John Sherman: “New converts are proverbially bitter and unfair towards those they…”

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New converts are proverbially bitter and unfair towards those they have recently left.

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Sherman reflects on the nature of political loyalty and bitterness among new party members.

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

Our country, our whole country, and nothing but our country" has been the watchword and creed of my public life.

The life of a civilian is in what he says or writes, that of a soldier in what he does.

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.

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John Sherman: “New converts are proverbially bitter and unfair towards those they have recently left.”