The only question before the Senate now is, whether this is a fair compromise between the ideas that have divided the people of this country and the Members of the Senate; whether it will surely improve our currency while giving the relief that is hoped for by a moderate increase of the currency.
Sherman raises the question of whether the bill serves as a fair compromise that improves the currency while providing relief.
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Nothing is wanting but cultivation to make this a most delightful country.
I believe that it will give a reasonable fair protection for the great industries of agriculture, manufacture, and commerce, which lie at the basis of the prosperity of this country.
If that party had been content with the compromise of 1850, and had faithfully observed the pledges in its platform, there would have been no Civil War.
That is all we ask, and what we demand at all hazards.
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