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I am, therefore, opposed to any change in the constitution, and to any compromise that will surrender any of the principles sanctioned by the people in the recent contest.
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Sherman expresses his opposition to constitutional changes that compromise democratic principles.
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It is not in my blood and these gentlemen cannot put it there.
I would regard it as a public calamity to have the power of this House placed, directly or indirectly, under the control of this administration.
That is all we ask, and what we demand at all hazards.
But, sir, I have no hope, while this House is constituted as it is now, of instituting any radical reform.
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