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Immense capital is seeking investment, and millions of idle men are seeking employment.
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Sherman highlights the economic opportunities available in the post-war era, emphasizing the need for employment.
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God forbid that the despots of the Old World should ever adorn their infernal logic by pointing to a disrupted Union here!
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