Here he remarked, that he did not understand a war measure which was to go into effect ten years from now,--that he did not understand a gradual war measure,--that it was an absurdity in terms, and utterly indefensible.
Sumner critiques the idea of a gradual implementation of war measures as nonsensical.
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