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The ordinance or act of a state is no defense for treason, nor does it lessen the moral guilt of that crime.
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Sherman emphasizes that state actions cannot justify treason or diminish its moral implications.
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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.
That is all we ask, and what we demand at all hazards.
I have given my views, speaking for no other man, frankly and fearlessly, and I will stand by them now and in the future.
The policy of this country ought to be to make everything national as far as possible.
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