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But some of you may say, all this is very well, but what will you do to save the Union?
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gutenberg.orgJohn Sherman: “But some of you may say, all this is very well, but what will you do to save the Union?”
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Sherman acknowledges the urgent question of how to preserve the Union amidst growing divisions.
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