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This minority demand that slavery be protected by the constitution.
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Sherman highlights the demand from a minority to have slavery protected by the Constitution.
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The worst evil that could befall our country is civil war, but the outrages in Kansas cannot be continued much longer without producing it.
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?
They want disunion, and not compromise or conciliation.
I have given my views, speaking for no other man, frankly and fearlessly, and I will stand by them now and in the future.
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