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And we are told that if we don't do all this we are helpless slaves and deserve no better fate.
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Sherman warns that failing to address the issues at hand would lead to oppression and slavery.
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He theorizes about coercing a state when he should be enforcing the laws against rebellious citizens.
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.
The policy of this country ought to be to make everything national as far as possible.
Is it not, therefore, possible to frame a bill which will punish the prominent actors in the rebellion, proclaim amnesty to the great mass of citizens in the seceding states, and separate them from their leader?
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