I say to you now that, strongly as I desired the success of Governor Chamberlain and the Republican party in South Carolina, the President had not a shadow of right to interpose the power of the army in this contest, and his attempt to do so would have been rash and abortive as well as without legal right.
Sherman asserts that the president had no legal right to use military force in state election matters, emphasizing the rule of law.
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But some of you may say, all this is very well, but what will you do to save the Union?
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Resolved, That the people who constitute the supreme power in the United States, should guard with jealous care the rights of the several states, as independent governments.
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