Our relations have always been most confidential and friendly, and if, unhappily, any cloud of difficulty should arise between us, my sense of personal dignity and duty would leave me no alternative but resignation.
Sherman emphasizes the importance of maintaining a good relationship and the potential consequences of conflict.
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Is it not, therefore, possible to frame a bill which will punish the prominent actors in the rebellion, proclaim amnesty to the great mass of citizens in the seceding states, and separate them from their leader?
I believe that it will give a reasonable fair protection for the great industries of agriculture, manufacture, and commerce, which lie at the basis of the prosperity of this country.
I have given my views, speaking for no other man, frankly and fearlessly, and I will stand by them now and in the future.
That is all we ask, and what we demand at all hazards.
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