His matchless skill and courage as a financier have mainly contributed to accomplish the invaluable and difficult work of resumption and refunding the public debt, and made him the trusted representative, in public life, of the business interests of all classes of the American people.
Sherman is recognized for his financial expertise and contributions to managing the national debt, highlighting his role in public finance.
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It was settled by this war that we have a country limited in its powers by the constitution of the United States fairly construed.
Our country, our whole country, and nothing but our country" has been the watchword and creed of my public life.
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.
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