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On the recordJune 21, 1860
By what authority have they inquired into the causes of removal from office, and this from the parties themselves removed, with a view to prejudice his character, notwithstanding this power of removal belongs exclusively to the President under the Constitution?
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Vera Buchanan
Democratic · Pennsylvania

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