Stormy Petrel: The Life and Times of General Benjamin F. Butler, 1818-1893Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1969 - 335 pages |
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... Senate of Stanton's dismissal . Almost without debate and with little delay the Senate passed a resolution " that under the Consti- tution and laws of the United States the President has no power to remove the Secretary of War and ...
... Senate of Stanton's dismissal . Almost without debate and with little delay the Senate passed a resolution " that under the Consti- tution and laws of the United States the President has no power to remove the Secretary of War and ...
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... Senate was not sitting as a court . This matter , he emphasized , was of much consequence for if the Senate were sitting as a court it would have to observe the rules and precedents of common law , the senators constituting the court ...
... Senate was not sitting as a court . This matter , he emphasized , was of much consequence for if the Senate were sitting as a court it would have to observe the rules and precedents of common law , the senators constituting the court ...
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... Senate . The Senate , therefore , enacted a bill different from , and wordier than But- ler's , but which he was satisfied left the President's power to remove officeholders exactly as though the Tenure of Office Act had never existed ...
... Senate . The Senate , therefore , enacted a bill different from , and wordier than But- ler's , but which he was satisfied left the President's power to remove officeholders exactly as though the Tenure of Office Act had never existed ...
Contents
Meet General Butler | 13 |
As the Twig is Bent | 20 |
A Practical Politician | 37 |
Copyright | |
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