In the consideration of such a question we should not be controlled by previous opinions or bound by local interests, but, with the lights of experience and full knowledge of all the complicated facts involved, we should give to the subject the best judgment which imperfect human nature allows.
Sherman advocates for an objective approach to decision-making, free from biases and local interests.
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I worked hard that winter, for hard work, I thought, was the way to fortune.
Some of you broke down the only political organization that could compete with us, and thus gave us an easy victory.
They want disunion, and not compromise or conciliation.
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?
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