If such views as he advances governed the action of the Administration, not a brigade could be kept in the field, or money enough raised by the Secretary of the Treasury to buy breeches and gaiters for a demagogue Senator.
Sumner criticizes the Administration's potential reliance on ineffective views that would undermine military efforts.
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