John Sherman: “Buchanan's administration may seem to be partisan and unjust, but the general opinion now is that his fault was…”

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.

During forty years of public life, though many able men have aspired to the office I hold, the people of Ohio, through their general assembly, have preferred me to represent them.

The Union already embraces discordant elements enough without adding others.

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.