Stormy Petrel: The Life and Times of General Benjamin F. Butler, 1818-1893Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1969 - 335 pages |
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... Senate . He never doubted that if the bill had gone to the Senate earlier in the week it would have been passed by that chamber . However , a large number of Protestant clergymen criticized it adversely in sermons they preached on the ...
... Senate . He never doubted that if the bill had gone to the Senate earlier in the week it would have been passed by that chamber . However , a large number of Protestant clergymen criticized it adversely in sermons they preached on the ...
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... Senate that the House of Representatives would in due time present particular articles of impeachment , and to de- mand that the Senate order the President to appear to answer the charges eventually to be brought against him . Another ...
... Senate that the House of Representatives would in due time present particular articles of impeachment , and to de- mand that the Senate order the President to appear to answer the charges eventually to be brought against him . Another ...
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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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