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Plotters for disunion avail themselves of the weakness of the executive to precipitate revolution.
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Sherman accuses disunion plotters of exploiting executive weaknesses.
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They want disunion, and not compromise or conciliation.
Resolved, That the people who constitute the supreme power in the United States, should guard with jealous care the rights of the several states, as independent governments.
This power in the hands of a few is at this moment the disturbing element in many of our great industries.
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