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And this generation may fairly claim that it has strengthened the work of the fathers, has made freedom universal, and disunion impossible.
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Sherman asserts that the current generation has built upon the foundational work of the nation's founders.
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But some of you may say, all this is very well, but what will you do to save the Union?
Confiscation is not only justified by the laws of war, by the practice of many nations, but it is practiced by our enemies in the most obnoxious way.
Some of you broke down the only political organization that could compete with us, and thus gave us an easy victory.
We have done no wrong; we have no apologies to make, and no concessions to offer.
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