On the record
My aim will be to secure the ready and kindly obedience and enforcement of them, so that in an orderly way the sense of the majority may be ascertained and the rights of the minority may be protected.
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Sherman outlines his aim to ensure orderly proceedings and protect minority rights in the Senate.
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