If such a necessity did exist it was created by the disposition of the people at large & it is a truth which requires no demonstration that if a republican form of government cannot be administered by the general will, it cannot be administered against that will by an army.
Beveridge emphasizes the importance of public will in a republican government, suggesting that it cannot be effectively governed against the people's desires.
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