On the record
All history teaches us that those who suffer a wrong will sooner or later find means to correct and avenge it.
Source
gutenberg.orgEditor's note · Context
Sherman asserts that history shows that those who are wronged will eventually seek justice.
Share
More from John Sherman
It is impossible for an American to visit Paris without enjoyment and instruction.
I would regard it as a public calamity to have the power of this House placed, directly or indirectly, under the control of this administration.
But some of you may say, all this is very well, but what will you do to save the Union?
Is it not, therefore, possible to frame a bill which will punish the prominent actors in the rebellion, proclaim amnesty to the great mass of citizens in the seceding states, and separate them from their leader?
Other voices in this conversation
