The instinctive love of justice and fair play will, in time, dissipate the prejudice of race or caste and point the finger of scorn to the man who robs another of his rights, as it now does to the man who cheats, or steals the property of his neighbor.
Sherman believes that justice and fairness will ultimately overcome racial prejudices in society.
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We have done no wrong; we have no apologies to make, and no concessions to offer.
Resolved, That the people who constitute the supreme power in the United States, should guard with jealous care the rights of the several states, as independent governments.
Confiscation is not only justified by the laws of war, by the practice of many nations, but it is practiced by our enemies in the most obnoxious way.
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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