The only mitigation of my desire for a prompt revision of the tariff is the confidence I have that delay and discussion will make the sectional revolution more thorough and universal, and leave the tariff question a purely business and not a political or sectional issue.
Sherman expresses that he believes delays in tariff revision could ultimately depoliticize the issue.
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What boy did not feel the gushings of patriotic emotion when one of these old veterans appeared upon the stage.
We have done no wrong; we have no apologies to make, and no concessions to offer.
Confiscation is not only justified by the laws of war, by the practice of many nations, but it is practiced by our enemies in the most obnoxious way.
I have participated in framing many tariff bills, but have never succeeded in securing one that I entirely approved.
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