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They have facilitated intercourse between different sections of the state, and have thus tended to make the people more united, as well as more prosperous.
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Sherman discusses how improved transportation fostered unity and prosperity among different regions in Ohio.
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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.
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