We have given up the right of the people to secede from the Union; we have given up the right of each state to judge for itself of the infractions of the constitution and the mode of redress; we have given up the right to control our own domestic institutions.
Sherman lists the rights surrendered by the South after the Civil War, highlighting the loss of autonomy.
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