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I would do all I could to prevent any such legislation, and believe that without my doing anything the confidence in you is too genuine with the great majority of Congress for any such legislation to succeed.
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gutenberg.orgJohn Sherman: “I would do all I could to prevent any such legislation, and believe that without my doing anything the confidence in you…”
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Sherman reassures that he would work to prevent harmful legislation against General Sherman.
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