John Sherman: “When this was done, and the Union was saved, he was for the most liberal terms of conciliation and kindness to the…”

It was settled by this war that we have a country limited in its powers by the constitution of the United States fairly construed.

The Union already embraces discordant elements enough without adding others.

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.

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.