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He said that war was barbarism that could not be refined, and the speediest way to end it was to prosecute it with vigor to complete success.
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Sherman quotes General Sherman on the brutal nature of war and the need for decisive action to end it.
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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.
Confiscation is not only justified by the laws of war, by the practice of many nations, but it is practiced by our enemies in the most obnoxious way.
It is not in my blood and these gentlemen cannot put it there.
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