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Ben Harrison: “He will employ such civil posse as may seem adequate to discourage resistance or to overcome it.”

On the recordApril 23, 1890
He will employ such civil posse as may seem adequate to discourage resistance or to overcome it.
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Ben Harrison
Republican · Indiana

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