As a Member of this body, I am armed with high powers for a holy purpose, and I am authorized --nay, required--to vote for all laws necessary and proper for executing these high powers, and to accomplish that purpose.
Sherman articulates his belief in the necessity of broad powers to fulfill his legislative duties.
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It was the same old story of injustice and wrong, of might against right.
He took strong ground against the repeal of the Missouri Compromise, and in 1859 was a competitor with me for the position of speaker, but withdrew in my favor after the first ballot.
Thus the Kansas question became a political question in the Supreme Court.
What boy did not feel the gushings of patriotic emotion when one of these old veterans appeared upon the stage.
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