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It was only necessary to read it to the people of Ohio to arouse resentment and opposition.
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Sherman reflects on how a specific resolution sparked public opposition in Ohio.
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But some of you may say, all this is very well, but what will you do to save the Union?
I have given my views, speaking for no other man, frankly and fearlessly, and I will stand by them now and in the future.
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.
Thus the Kansas question became a political question in the Supreme Court.
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