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It is to be hoped that the government and people of the United States will let the Mormons severely alone, allowing them to believe what they will, and to do in the way of worship what they choose.
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gutenberg.orgJohn Sherman: “It is to be hoped that the government and people of the United States will let the Mormons severely alone, allowing them…”
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Sherman advocates for religious freedom and tolerance towards the Mormon community.
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It was settled by this war that we have a country limited in its powers by the constitution of the United States fairly construed.
What I have written is no doubt clouded with partisanship, but I would not be honest if I did not express my attachment to my party.
Though my grateful thanks are due to them and have been often expressed, yet I have felt, as they do, that my duty was to the whole country.
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