Original sentence: He disfavored imprisonment of convicts except for murder, preferring efforts to reform criminals through labor; he also opposed courts-martial for military deserters.He supported capital punishment but opposed hanging, preferring execution by firing squad or beheading in order to "spill [the criminal's] blood on the ground, and let the smoke thereof ascend up to God.In foreign affairs, Smith was an expansionist, though he viewed "expansionism as brotherhood.Smith considered the United States Constitution, and especially the Bill of Rights, to be inspired by God and "the Saints' best and perhaps only defense.Smith favored a strong central bank and high tariffs to protect American business and agriculture
Edited sentence: " He considered considered the United States Constitution, and especially the Bill of Rights, to be inspired by God and "the Saints' best and perhaps only defense." He disfavored imprisonment of convicts except for murder, preferring efforts to reform criminals through labor; he also opposed courts-martial for military deserters." He proposed the annexation of Oregon, Texas, and parts of Mexico and Canada; he wrote, "[C]ome all the world — let us be brethren, let us be one great family, and let there be a universal peace." He supported capital punishment but opposed hanging, preferring execution by firing squad or beheading in order to "spill [the criminal's] blood on the ground, and let the smoke thereof ascend up to God." Smith explained his presidential platform in a publication titled General Smith's Views of the Power and Policy of the Government of the United States, where he wrote, "Wherefore, were I president of the United States, by the voice of a virtuous people, I would honor the old paths of the venerated fathers of freedom; I would walk in the tracks of the illustrious patriots.His political policies have been described as "a unique combination of liberalism and conservatism.In foreign affairs, Smith was an expansionist: he viewed "expansionism as brotherhood.Instead, he preferred the idea that "if a soldier or marine runs away, send him his wages, with this instruction, that his country will never trust him again; he has forfeited his honor.Smith favored a strong central bank and high tariffs to protect American business and agriculture, viewing a national bank as "a savior of credit and comfort