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This provision may defeat the whole of our policy for which we have been struggling so long and to which our party is so firmly committed.
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gutenberg.orgJohn Sherman: “This provision may defeat the whole of our policy for which we have been struggling so long and to which our party is so…”
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Sherman warns that a specific provision could jeopardize the long-term goals of his party's economic policy.
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If my life is prolonged I will do all I can to add to the strength and prosperity of the United States, but nothing to extend its limits or to add new dangers by acquisition of foreign territory.
The events of the future are beyond the vision of mankind, but I hope our people will be content with internal growth, and avoid the complications of foreign acquisitions.
Though my grateful thanks are due to them and have been often expressed, yet I have felt, as they do, that my duty was to the whole country.
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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