Conkling supported his motion in a speech in which he said: "My objection to this section is that is creates an unnecessary office for an undeserving public servant; it fastens, as an incubus upon the country, a hateful instrument of war, which deserves no place in a free government in a time of peace.
Conkling argues against a specific section of an army bill, criticizing its necessity and implications.
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They assert supreme authority over their fellow-men for an indefinite period of time, and they promise therewith good government.
By the Ordinance of 1787, freedom and full right to self-government were made secure to the coming millions who were to occupy the States northwest of the River Ohio.
Here are the assertion of power and the promise of goodness that have attended the origin and movement of every despotism that has risen to curse mankind.
Shall the avoidance of the Amendment in States of this Union be tendered as a reason for a denial of equality and the right of self-government in the Philippine Islands?
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