It is because it is entirely the initiative, because it is only the employment of the Army of the United States as a mere police force, to preserve order until we can establish civil government based upon the loyal suffrages of the people, that I can support this measure at all.
Blaine explains his support for a measure that employs the army temporarily to maintain order until civil government is established.
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