It presents to the whole family of man the question, whether a constitutional republic, or democracy--a government of the people by the same people--can or cannot maintain its territorial integrity against its own domestic foes.
Sherman presents a philosophical question regarding the sustainability of a constitutional republic in the face of internal strife.
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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.
The life of a civilian is in what he says or writes, that of a soldier in what he does.
Our family of states is already large enough to create embarrassment in the Senate, and a republic should not hold dependent provinces or possessions.
Our country, our whole country, and nothing but our country" has been the watchword and creed of my public life.
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