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It maintains the supremacy of the national government on all national affairs, while observing and protecting the rights of the states.
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Sherman emphasizes the balance of power between the national government and states' rights.
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Is it not, therefore, possible to frame a bill which will punish the prominent actors in the rebellion, proclaim amnesty to the great mass of citizens in the seceding states, and separate them from their leader?
The legality of this legislature was denied by the great majority of the people who never acquiesced in or obeyed its enactments, thus taking the only course open to them to secure a lawful government.
How can we avert a calamity at which humanity and civilization shudder?
They want disunion, and not compromise or conciliation.
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