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They will help save the Union--and they will save the Union particularly if fanatics and despots will allow it to be saved.
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gutenberg.orgEditor's note · Context
Sherman believes that certain individuals will play a crucial role in preserving the Union, despite opposition.
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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.
It was the same old story of injustice and wrong, of might against right.
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