Again, I say, what is the use of concession, conciliation, or compromise, when, if we yield everything you demand, you cannot say to us 'It will save us from disunion or war?' Are we not in danger of quarreling about terms of conciliation, when traitors are overthrowing the government we wish to preserve?
Sherman questions the effectiveness of concessions when faced with the threat of disunion and war.
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We have done no wrong; we have no apologies to make, and no concessions to offer.
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.
It is not in my blood and these gentlemen cannot put it there.
Some of you broke down the only political organization that could compete with us, and thus gave us an easy victory.
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