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If Louisiana withdraw from the federal Union, I prefer to maintain my allegiance to the old constitution as long as a fragment of it survives, and my longer stay here would be wrong in every sense of the word.
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Sherman articulates his preference to remain loyal to the Constitution rather than support secession.
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