Governor Packard and his legislature called upon President Grant for the aid of the army to put down insurrection and domestic violence; and here I confess that if I had been President, instead of General Grant, I would have recognized Packard and sustained him with the full power of the general government.
Sherman reflects on the political turmoil in Louisiana and expresses his belief that he would have supported Governor Packard if he were President.
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The worst evil that could befall our country is civil war, but the outrages in Kansas cannot be continued much longer without producing it.
If that party had been content with the compromise of 1850, and had faithfully observed the pledges in its platform, there would have been no Civil War.
God forbid that the despots of the Old World should ever adorn their infernal logic by pointing to a disrupted Union here!
We have done no wrong; we have no apologies to make, and no concessions to offer.
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