In other words, it was a compromise which, like many other compromises, was in its results an injury of great magnitude, but it was an honest difference of opinion between the Senate and the House, in which, tested by the march of time, the Senate was right and the House was wrong.
Sherman reflects on a legislative compromise that he believes ultimately harmed the nation, asserting that the Senate was correct in their stance.
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