They fought to secure to themselves and their posterity the blessings of a strong national government; the preservation of the Union--a Union not of states, but of the people of the United States; not a confederate government, but a national government.
Sherman articulates the purpose of the Civil War as a fight for a strong national government and the preservation of the Union.
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They want disunion, and not compromise or conciliation.
You have all contributed, more or less, in perverting the public mind as to our principles and purposes.
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.
You can arrest this movement, and you alone can do it.
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