There was a feeling among Republicans of humiliation and shame that the people had placed in power the very men who waged war against the country for years, created a vast public debt, and destroyed the lives of hundreds of thousands of people.
Sherman expresses the humiliation felt by Republicans regarding the political situation of the time.
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The legality of this legislature was denied by the great majority of the people who never acquiesced in or obeyed its enactments, thus taking the only course open to them to secure a lawful government.
I have participated in framing many tariff bills, but have never succeeded in securing one that I entirely approved.
Resolved, That the people who constitute the supreme power in the United States, should guard with jealous care the rights of the several states, as independent governments.
We have done no wrong; we have no apologies to make, and no concessions to offer.
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