My own public life has been a very brief and insignificant one, extending little beyond the duration of a single term of Senatorial office; but in that brief period I have seen five judges of a high court of the United States driven from office by threats of impeachment for corruption or maladministration.
Hoar reflects on his brief public service and the corruption he witnessed, including judges being impeached.
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