IN THE

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA;

ITS NATIONAL RECOGNITION AND RELATIONS,

FROM THE

ESTABLISHMENT OF THE CONFEDERACY,

TO THE

PRESENT TIME.

A WORD TO THE NORTH AND THE SOUTH.

BY HENRY SHERMAN,

COUNSELLOR AT LAW.

"Then I thought that Conciliators were but ignorant men, that were will
ing to please all, and would pretend to reconcile the world by principles which
they did not understand themselves; I have since perceived, that if the amiable-
ness of peace and concord had no hand in the business, yet greater light, and
stronger judgment, usually are with the Reconcilers, than with either of the
contending parties."-RICHARD Baxter's review of his early opinions.

SECOND EDITION.

HARTFORD:

HURLBURT & POND PUBLISHERS.
1860.

Republished by

Negro History Press - P. O. Box 5129 – Detroit, Michigan 48236

ENTERED according to the Act of Congress, in the year 1858, by

HENRY SHERMAN,

In the Office of the Clerk of the District Court of the United States,
for the District of Connecticut.

Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 79-92440

Paper used in this edition is
a fine acid-free, permanent/durable paper
of the type commonly referred to as
"300-year" paper

TO

THE FRIENDS OF

THE SUPREMACY OF OUR NATIONAL SOVEREIGNTY,

AND

OUR NATIONAL SOVEREIGNTY IN ITS SUPREMACY,

THE

TRUE FRIENDS OF

THE UNION, OF FREEDOM, AND HUMANITY,

THIS VOLUME

IS FRATERNALLY INSCRIBED BY

THE AUTHOR.