Again, although I was a Union man from my heart and every pulsation, just as my friend Wise was a Confederate soldier, yet I never heard in Ohio a man call in question either the courage or purity of motive of any Confederate soldier who fought in the Confederate ranks.
Sherman acknowledges his Union stance while respecting the courage of Confederate soldiers.
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But, sir, I have no hope, while this House is constituted as it is now, of instituting any radical reform.
It is not in my blood and these gentlemen cannot put it there.
How can we avert a calamity at which humanity and civilization shudder?
I have given my views, speaking for no other man, frankly and fearlessly, and I will stand by them now and in the future.
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