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I had too much faith in the Republicans of the country to believe that when they understood the situation they would fail to arouse themselves to the necessities of the hour.
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Sherman expresses his faith in Republicans to respond to the pressing needs of the time.
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What a pity, he said, it would have been if so great a country as the United States had been disrupted on account of slavery.
Resolved, That the Democratic party will resist all attempts at renewing in Congress, or out of it, the agitation of the slavery question, under whatever shape or color the attempt may be made.
But some of you may say, all this is very well, but what will you do to save the Union?
The policy of this country ought to be to make everything national as far as possible.
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