He was deeply pained by the unjust attacks and groundless criticism of which he was the subject, but he accepted the adverse judgment of the Senate as a constitutional binding decision of the question, and of that decision he never complained.
Boutwell describes Grant's response to criticism, highlighting his acceptance of the Senate's decision.
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My active radicalism had alienated the conservative Republicans.
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On no man in public life in this generation were there more frequent charges and insinuations of wrong-doing, and in this generation there has been no man in public life who was freer from all occasion for such insinuations and charges.
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