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It was certainly not a praiseworthy procedure that this supposed popular wish should have been mentioned at all as an argument for conviction.
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Blaine criticizes the mention of supposed popular wishes as a justification for conviction in the impeachment process.
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Observing men in the loyal States regarded such a policy not only as weak and maudlin, but as utterly insufficient and assuredly dangerous to the future safety of the Government.
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An avenging God cannot sleep while such things find countenance.
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