I assure you, gentlemen, that, without recalling that I am elected by a party, I will go back to Washington with the earnest desire to perform the duties that you have assigned me, with the hope to contribute, to the best of my abilities, not merely to the success of my party, but to the good of the whole country.
Sherman expresses his desire to serve both his party and the nation as a whole.
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The Union already embraces discordant elements enough without adding others.
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Our country, our whole country, and nothing but our country" has been the watchword and creed of my public life.
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