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I congratulated my hearers upon the bright prospect of Republican success, and declared that Harrison would be elected because he ought to be.
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gutenberg.orgJohn Sherman: “I congratulated my hearers upon the bright prospect of Republican success, and declared that Harrison would be elected…”
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Sherman conveys optimism about the Republican candidate's chances of winning the election.
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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.
If my life is prolonged I will do all I can to add to the strength and prosperity of the United States, but nothing to extend its limits or to add new dangers by acquisition of foreign territory.
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