John Sherman: “It supports free common schools as the basis of republican institutions.”

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.

During forty years of public life, though many able men have aspired to the office I hold, the people of Ohio, through their general assembly, have preferred me to represent them.

The events of the future are beyond the vision of mankind, but I hope our people will be content with internal growth, and avoid the complications of foreign acquisitions.