A few days after this election--on the 17th of October--the invasion of the State of Virginia by John Brown startled the country, and, more than all other causes, aroused the southern people to a state of great excitement, amounting to frenzy.
Sherman describes the national reaction to John Brown's raid, highlighting its impact on Southern sentiments.
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The worst evil that could befall our country is civil war, but the outrages in Kansas cannot be continued much longer without producing it.
I worked hard that winter, for hard work, I thought, was the way to fortune.
I have given my views, speaking for no other man, frankly and fearlessly, and I will stand by them now and in the future.
How can we avert a calamity at which humanity and civilization shudder?
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