So that, even if the nomination were presented to me with a unanimous feeling in this convention, yet I would feel bound, by a feeling of personal honor, which is the higher law, especially among Republicans, to decline.
Sherman emphasized that even with unanimous support, his personal honor would compel him to decline the nomination.
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