If in the days of slavery the army could be used to hunt slaves, and suppress slave insurrections, why, in the days of liberty, may it not be used to enforce rights guaranteed by the Constitution?
He argues for the use of military power to protect the rights of African Americans, just as it was used during slavery.
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