It may be proper to set up military governors for a conquered country beyond our civil jurisdiction, and yet it may be questionable if we should undertake to set up such governors in States that we all claim to be within our civil jurisdiction.
He questions the appropriateness of appointing military governors in states under civil jurisdiction.
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