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My principal effort was to convince Congress that it ought not to interfere with what the House called a destructive experiment, but what I regarded as an easy and beneficial execution of existing law.
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Sherman articulates his belief that Congress should not interfere with what he viewed as a beneficial execution of existing law.
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