As our government is founded on the will of the people, when that will is fixed, our government is powerless, and the only question is whether to let things slide into general anarchy, or the formation of two or more confederacies which will be hostile sooner or later.
Sherman warns that a fixed will of the people can lead to governmental impotence and potential anarchy or division.
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What I have written is no doubt clouded with partisanship, but I would not be honest if I did not express my attachment to my party.
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The life of a civilian is in what he says or writes, that of a soldier in what he does.
It was settled by this war that we have a country limited in its powers by the constitution of the United States fairly construed.
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