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Not the right to choose the Executive; for the Governor and all other officers in this department were sent from Washington, nominated by the President.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “Not the right to choose the Executive; for the Governor and all other officers in this department were sent from…”
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Sumner points out that the bill denied the people the right to choose their own government officials, as they were appointed by the President.
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They who strive after it, Ixion-like, embrace a cloud.
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