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It was the misfortune of war that we were compelled to act upon matters of grave importance without that mature deliberation that would be secured in peaceful times.
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Sherman reflects on the challenges of decision-making during wartime compared to peacetime.
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Resolved, That the Democratic party will resist all attempts at renewing in Congress, or out of it, the agitation of the slavery question, under whatever shape or color the attempt may be made.
Our gold dollar is certainly as good a unit of value as the franc; and so the English think of their pound sterling.
But some of you may say, all this is very well, but what will you do to save the Union?
You can arrest this movement, and you alone can do it.
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