Every Senator knew how patronage and all forms of Executive inducement and coercion had been used by the Administration in the passage of most important measures--the Judiciary repeal, the Pickering impeachment, the Yazoo compromise, the trial of Chase.
Beveridge reflects on the influence of executive patronage on Senate decisions, emphasizing the corrupting power of political favors.
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