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If we cannot elect a man on the principles of the Republican party we will not be able to pull anyone through on personal popularity.
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gutenberg.orgJohn Sherman: “If we cannot elect a man on the principles of the Republican party we will not be able to pull anyone through on…”
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Sherman argues that electoral success should be based on party principles rather than personal popularity.
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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.
Proud of Ohio, of its history and people, willing at all times to sound its praise in the sisterhood of states, yet, according to my convictions, the United States is entitled to my allegiance, and all parts of it should receive equal care…
It was settled by this war that we have a country limited in its powers by the constitution of the United States fairly construed.
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.
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