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The pardoning power was prostituted, and pardons were issued in lots to suit Rebels, thus grossly abusing that trust whose discreet exercise is so essential to the administration of justice.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “The pardoning power was prostituted, and pardons were issued in lots to suit Rebels, thus grossly abusing that trust…”
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Sumner condemns the misuse of the pardoning power by Andrew Johnson to benefit Rebels.
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