The want of such nationality, I then declared, was one of the great evils of the times; and it was that principle of state rights, that bad sentiment that had elevated state authority above the great national authority, that had been the main instrument by which our government was sought to be overthrown.
Sherman critiques the prioritization of state authority over national authority as a significant issue of his time.
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