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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He had no policy to impose upon the country against the popular will.
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