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This display of force alone will alarm and terrify them; will show them that we are in earnest, have the power, and intend at all hazards to make them behave themselves.
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Dodge emphasizes the importance of demonstrating military strength to ensure compliance from adversaries.
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It is upheld and maintained today, as it always has been, by the patriotism of our people as represented by our Army in the Civil War, in Cuba, the Philippines, and China.
Have you, or any one else, ever heard a single word of protest from these people or any one connected with them against the revolting cruelties of the enemy in the Philippines?
There is an element in this country that already has no use for the soldier of the Civil War.
It is the duty of every companion here, as well as of every good citizen, to enter his protest against these unjust attacks.
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