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I ask you, as the representative of a brave people, what shall we do?
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Sherman appeals to his colleagues to consider their response to the challenges facing their nation.
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We have done no wrong; we have no apologies to make, and no concessions to offer.
But some of you may say, all this is very well, but what will you do to save the Union?
It was the same old story of injustice and wrong, of might against right.
It seems to me that in the present condition of our finances there is no necessity for conferring these large powers on the Secretary of the Treasury.
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