It is a sad reflection, that applies especially to all parts of southern Italy, that the descendants of the Romans, once the rulers of the world, are now classed among the lowest in intelligence in the Christian and civilized world.
Sherman reflects on the decline of intelligence among the descendants of the Romans in southern Italy.
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That is all we ask, and what we demand at all hazards.
Is it not, therefore, possible to frame a bill which will punish the prominent actors in the rebellion, proclaim amnesty to the great mass of citizens in the seceding states, and separate them from their leader?
But, sir, I have no hope, while this House is constituted as it is now, of instituting any radical reform.
God forbid that the despots of the Old World should ever adorn their infernal logic by pointing to a disrupted Union here!
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