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The whole struggle was over the question of the Constitutional right of the Senate to convict a public officer on impeachment proceedings instituted after he had left office.
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Hoar discusses the constitutional debate surrounding the Senate's authority to convict a public officer after they have left office, highlighting a significant legal question.
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It relates to matters more permanent than human life.
Never rode to the wrong's redressing A worthier paladin.
His life, so far as he took part in political affairs, was devoted to objects wholly public, never personal.
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