First, because you have charged me with the duty of a Member of the Senate of the United States; and I could not surrender that, with my sense of what is just, not only to the people of Ohio, but to the people of the United States.
Sherman articulated his sense of duty as a Senator, which prevented him from accepting the gubernatorial nomination.
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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?
I have participated in framing many tariff bills, but have never succeeded in securing one that I entirely approved.
Confiscation is not only justified by the laws of war, by the practice of many nations, but it is practiced by our enemies in the most obnoxious way.
Morrill's bill is a great improvement on the tariff of 1857.
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