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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