On the record
Our adversaries now concede the wisdom and success of all prominent Republican measures, as well as the merits of the great leaders of the Republican party.
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Sherman reflects on the acceptance of Republican policies by former adversaries, highlighting a shift in political sentiment.
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The policy of this country ought to be to make everything national as far as possible.
He theorizes about coercing a state when he should be enforcing the laws against rebellious citizens.
If that party had been content with the compromise of 1850, and had faithfully observed the pledges in its platform, there would have been no Civil War.
It was the same old story of injustice and wrong, of might against right.
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