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Can it be possible that a public functionary, of all others the peculiar object of this jealous restriction, is, in fact, the sole object of exemption from its operation?
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Charles Sumner
Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

He questions whether a public official, who is subject to strict restrictions, could be exempt from the consequences of impeachment.

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