October, 1859.
Each State has a perfect right to have its own local policy,
and a majority in Congress has an absolute right to govern the whole country;
but the North, being so strong in every sense of the term, can well afford to
be generous, even to making reasonable concessions to the weakness and
prejudices of the South. If southern representatives will thrust slavery into
every local question, they must expect the consequences and be outvoted; but
the union of states and general union of sentiment throughout all our nation
are so important to the honor and glory of the confederacy that I would like to
see your position yet more moderate.
SOURCE: Walter L. Fleming, Editor, General W.T.
Sherman as College President, p. 39-40
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