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The people of the United States have always been extremely sensitive as to the public credit.
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Sherman highlights the sensitivity of the American public regarding the nation's creditworthiness.
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He theorizes about coercing a state when he should be enforcing the laws against rebellious citizens.
Is it not, therefore, possible to frame a bill which will punish the prominent actors in the rebellion, proclaim amnesty to the great mass of citizens in the seceding states, and separate them from their leader?
God forbid that the despots of the Old World should ever adorn their infernal logic by pointing to a disrupted Union here!
I have given my views, speaking for no other man, frankly and fearlessly, and I will stand by them now and in the future.
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