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The danger now is that the mistakes of the Republicans may drift the Democratic party into power.
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Sherman warns that the Republican party's mistakes could inadvertently empower the Democrats.
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It is not in my blood and these gentlemen cannot put it there.
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?
They want disunion, and not compromise or conciliation.
Thus the Kansas question became a political question in the Supreme Court.
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