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Is this the party which you would combine and conspire against, and to defeat which you would unite hostile elements?
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gutenberg.orgJohn Sherman: “Is this the party which you would combine and conspire against, and to defeat which you would unite hostile elements?”
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Sherman questions whether the audience would conspire against the Republican party and its ideals.
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