Political Quotes

On the record
We told him the condition of feeling in Ohio, and of our confident belief that if his order of banishment was revoked, it would result in riots and violence, in which Vallandigham would be the first victim.
Said by
John Sherman
Ohio

Editor's note · Context

Sherman recounts a conversation with Lincoln about the potential violence if Vallandigham returned to Ohio.

Share

More from John Sherman

But some of you may say, all this is very well, but what will you do to save the Union?

gutenberg.org

Nothing is wanting but cultivation to make this a most delightful country.

gutenberg.org

Morrill's bill is a great improvement on the tariff of 1857.

gutenberg.org

It was the same old story of injustice and wrong, of might against right.

gutenberg.org

Other voices in this conversation