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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But some of you may say, all this is very well, but what will you do to save the Union?
You can arrest this movement, and you alone can do it.
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.
They want disunion, and not compromise or conciliation.
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