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A right plainly given by the constitution and the laws, withheld or denied, is an uneasy grievance which will never rest.
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Sherman warns that denying constitutional rights leads to persistent grievances among the populace.
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Our family of states is already large enough to create embarrassment in the Senate, and a republic should not hold dependent provinces or possessions.
During forty years of public life, though many able men have aspired to the office I hold, the people of Ohio, through their general assembly, have preferred me to represent them.
What I have written is no doubt clouded with partisanship, but I would not be honest if I did not express my attachment to my party.
It was settled by this war that we have a country limited in its powers by the constitution of the United States fairly construed.
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