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I said: "All these distinguished and able gentlemen have been Republican partisans, as I have; and Judge Hoadley has, I think, been rather more free in his denunciation of the Democratic party than I have.
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In this statement, Sherman acknowledges the partisan nature of his fellow Republicans while also noting their criticisms of the Democratic party.
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