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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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It was settled by this war that we have a country limited in its powers by the constitution of the United States fairly construed.
The Union already embraces discordant elements enough without adding others.
Our family of states is already large enough to create embarrassment in the Senate, and a republic should not hold dependent provinces or possessions.
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.
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