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It has the effect of a bill of attainder or bill of pains and penalties, not upon a few individuals, but upon whole masses, including the millions who inhabit the subject States, and even their unborn children.
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gutenberg.orgAndrew Johnson: “It has the effect of a bill of attainder or bill of pains and penalties, not upon a few individuals, but upon whole…”
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He critiques legislation that punishes entire populations rather than individuals, highlighting its unjust nature.
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Jan 6, 1869
I transmit herewith, in answer to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 16th of December last, a report from the Secretary of State of the 6th instant.
Jul 17, 1868
Strongly impressed with the truth of these views, I feel called upon by an imperative sense of duty to revive substantially the recommendation so often and so earnestly made by President Jackson.
Jul 17, 1868
My object in this communication is to suggest certain defects in the Constitution which seem to me to require correction.
Jul 19, 1868
No power exists in the Constitution authorizing the joint resolution or the supposed law--the only difference being that one would be more palpably unconstitutional and revolutionary than the other.
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