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It was a war by which the south gained, by defeat, enormous benefits, and the north, by success, secured the strength and development of the republic.
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Sherman discusses the unexpected benefits that arose from the Civil War for both the North and South.
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Some of you broke down the only political organization that could compete with us, and thus gave us an easy victory.
You can arrest this movement, and you alone can do it.
That is all we ask, and what we demand at all hazards.
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?
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