John Sherman: “And we are told that if we don't do all this we are helpless slaves…”

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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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What I have written is no doubt clouded with partisanship, but I would not be honest if I did not express my attachment to my party.

It was settled by this war that we have a country limited in its powers by the constitution of the United States fairly construed.

Though my grateful thanks are due to them and have been often expressed, yet I have felt, as they do, that my duty was to the whole country.

The Union already embraces discordant elements enough without adding others.

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John Sherman: “And we are told that if we don't do all this we are helpless slaves and deserve no better fate.”