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Local or state pride is entirely consistent with the most devoted loyalty to the Union.
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gutenberg.orgJohn Sherman: “Local or state pride is entirely consistent with the most devoted loyalty to the Union.”
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Sherman argues that local pride can coexist with loyalty to the nation.
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