We would gladly fraternize with them if they would allow us, and have but one creed--the constitution and laws of our country, to be executed and enforced by our country, and for the equal benefit of all our countrymen.
Sherman calls for unity under the Constitution and laws for the benefit of all citizens.
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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.
God forbid that the despots of the Old World should ever adorn their infernal logic by pointing to a disrupted Union here!
The policy of this country ought to be to make everything national as far as possible.
How can we avert a calamity at which humanity and civilization shudder?
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