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Mr. Sumner , champion of the abolitionists in the Senate , had a scholarly manner and a vitriolic tongue . He wrapped vituperation in ... of the Senate's time in a verbal castigation of the aged Senator Butler , of South Carolina .
Mr. Sumner , champion of the abolitionists in the Senate , had a scholarly manner and a vitriolic tongue . He wrapped vituperation in ... of the Senate's time in a verbal castigation of the aged Senator Butler , of South Carolina .
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such office until a successor had been appointed in the same way ; that is to say , with the approval of the Senate . The purpose of the law was to prevent Johnson from dismissing the Radicals from office and putting his own supporters ...
such office until a successor had been appointed in the same way ; that is to say , with the approval of the Senate . The purpose of the law was to prevent Johnson from dismissing the Radicals from office and putting his own supporters ...
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His trial before the Senate began on March 30 , 1868 . It was the first time in our history that a President had been brought before the bar of the Senate on charges of impeachment , and the nation almost held its breath in the thrill ...
His trial before the Senate began on March 30 , 1868 . It was the first time in our history that a President had been brought before the bar of the Senate on charges of impeachment , and the nation almost held its breath in the thrill ...
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CEAPTER | 11 |
OBSESSIONS AND FANTASIES | 25 |
THE UNWILLING SOLDIER | 38 |
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