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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I would regard it as a public calamity to have the power of this House placed, directly or indirectly, under the control of this administration.
It was the same old story of injustice and wrong, of might against right.
It seems to me that in the present condition of our finances there is no necessity for conferring these large powers on the Secretary of the Treasury.
I have given my views, speaking for no other man, frankly and fearlessly, and I will stand by them now and in the future.
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