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The election of a Democratic President means a restoration to full power in the government of the worst elements of the rebel Confederacy.
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Sherman expresses his strong opposition to the election of a Democratic President, linking it to the resurgence of Confederate elements in government.
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Nothing is wanting but cultivation to make this a most delightful country.
That is all we ask, and what we demand at all hazards.
They want disunion, and not compromise or conciliation.
It was the same old story of injustice and wrong, of might against right.
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