They will look in vain for anything to excite insurrection, to disturb the peace, to invade the rights of states, to alienate the north and south from each other, or to loosen the ties of fraternal fellowship by which our people have been and should be bound together.
Sherman reassures that his statements do not incite violence or division among the states.
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If my life is prolonged I will do all I can to add to the strength and prosperity of the United States, but nothing to extend its limits or to add new dangers by acquisition of foreign territory.
During forty years of public life, though many able men have aspired to the office I hold, the people of Ohio, through their general assembly, have preferred me to represent them.
Canada and Mexico as independent republics will be more valuable to the United States than if carved into additional states.
Our country, our whole country, and nothing but our country" has been the watchword and creed of my public life.
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