But an individual sense of responsibility on the part of each of us, and a stern determination to perform our duty well, must give us place among those who have added, in their day and generation, to the glory and prosperity of our beloved land.
Sherman speaks to the individual responsibility of lawmakers in contributing to the nation's prosperity.
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The policy of this country ought to be to make everything national as far as possible.
What a pity, he said, it would have been if so great a country as the United States had been disrupted on account of slavery.
If that party had been content with the compromise of 1850, and had faithfully observed the pledges in its platform, there would have been no Civil War.
We have done no wrong; we have no apologies to make, and no concessions to offer.
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