Here was the occasion for an ad interim appointment, and the repealing statute, embodying the whole law of the subject, was intended for such cases,--securing to the President time to select a successor, and also power to provide for a temporary disability.
He discusses the need for a temporary appointment process to allow the President time to find a successor.
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As the Brotherhood of Man is practically recognized, it becomes impossible to restrict the feeling within any exclusive circle of country, and to set up an unchristian distinction of honor between civil war and international war.
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The most distant are not without a present influence on our daily lives.
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