John Sherman: “No new theories of possible utopian good can compensate for the loss of such patriotism and devotion.”

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.

Our family of states is already large enough to create embarrassment in the Senate, and a republic should not hold dependent provinces or possessions.

Though my grateful thanks are due to them and have been often expressed, yet I have felt, as they do, that my duty was to the whole country.