Outside of professional opinion there was supposed to be a popular demand, so far as the Republican party represented the people, for the President's conviction--a demand found to be based, when analyzed, upon other acts of the President than those for which he was arraigned in the Articles of Impeachment.
Blaine discusses the perceived popular demand for the President's conviction, which was based on actions beyond the impeachment articles.
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