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The government will maintain itself or our northern people are the veriest poltroons that ever disgraced humanity.
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gutenberg.orgJohn Sherman: “The government will maintain itself or our northern people are the veriest poltroons that ever disgraced humanity.”
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Sherman asserts the government's determination to maintain itself against challenges to its authority.
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