The rising generation who will bear this burden must remember the immeasurable blessings they enjoy by the sacrifices and services of Union soldiers in the preservation of the Union and in a strong republican government and free institutions.
Sherman reminds future generations of the sacrifices made by Union soldiers for the nation's blessings.
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He theorizes about coercing a state when he should be enforcing the laws against rebellious citizens.
You can arrest this movement, and you alone can do it.
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?
Morrill's bill is a great improvement on the tariff of 1857.
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