The oath I now take to preserve, protect, and defend the constitution of the United States, not only impressively defines the great responsibility I assume, but suggests obedience to constitutional commands as a rule by which my official conduct must be guided.
Sherman emphasizes the importance of upholding the Constitution in his official duties.
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Nothing is wanting but cultivation to make this a most delightful country.
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What a pity, he said, it would have been if so great a country as the United States had been disrupted on account of slavery.
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