In the completion of this great work of patriotic endeavor there is abundant cause for national rejoicing; for while this structure shall endure it shall be to all mankind a steadfast token of the affectionate and reverent regard in which this people continue to hold the memory of Washington.
Sherman emphasizes the importance of the Washington Monument as a lasting symbol of national pride and remembrance.
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God forbid that the despots of the Old World should ever adorn their infernal logic by pointing to a disrupted Union here!
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?
I have given my views, speaking for no other man, frankly and fearlessly, and I will stand by them now and in the future.
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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