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No delicacy or pity ought to shield them from the consequences of a crime infinitely greater than the signing of such a paper would have been.
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Sherman insists that those responsible for the forgery should face severe consequences.
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We have done no wrong; we have no apologies to make, and no concessions to offer.
I have given my views, speaking for no other man, frankly and fearlessly, and I will stand by them now and in the future.
It is not in my blood and these gentlemen cannot put it there.
Nothing is wanting but cultivation to make this a most delightful country.
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