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The army felt that it had answered with loyal bayonets a conspiracy of treasonable ballots.
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gutenberg.orgAlbert Beveridge: “The army felt that it had answered with loyal bayonets a conspiracy of treasonable ballots.”
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This quote expresses the sentiment of the army feeling wronged by the political process during a time of war.
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