They are the active spirits, native and naturalized, of a generation of free men who never felt the incubus of slavery, and who wish only as Americans to make stronger and plant deeper the principles of the Republican party.
Sherman describes the active spirits of a generation that values freedom and seeks to strengthen Republican principles.
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