“As congressman Abraham Lincoln wrote to his friend William Herndon in 1848, the early Americans resolved that “no one man should hold the power” to take the nation into war.” とはどういう意味ですか?

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@Dogloverrrrrr Abraham Lincoln wrote a letter to William Herndon in 1848. In this letter, he said that earlier generations had decided that it is wrong for one person to be able to start a war. The decision to start a war should be decided by a group.
I hope this makes sense?