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This doctrine, if acquiesced in, would leave the United States utterly powerless to preserve its own life, whatever might be the exigencies, even against the most insignificant state in the Union.
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gutenberg.orgJohn Sherman: “This doctrine, if acquiesced in, would leave the United States utterly powerless to preserve its own life, whatever…”
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Sherman warns that a certain doctrine could render the United States powerless in defending itself.
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