For a long time, against opposition of all kinds, against misconceptions of the law, and against apologies for transactions without apology, he had insisted on impeachment; and now this old man, tottering to your door, dragged the Chief Magistrate of the Republic to judgment.
Sumner praises the perseverance of an old man who insisted on impeachment despite significant opposition.
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According to recent calculations, its annual cost is not less than a thousand millions of dollars.
The subterfuges of the politician cannot escape it.
Nay, more,--if it would be criminal in these several clusters of States to reëstablish the Institution of War as Arbiter of Justice, then is it criminal in the Commonwealth of Nations to continue it.
The first is a heavenly sentiment, from God: the other is a device of this world.
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