Andrew Johnson actually said...

While a just, proper, and watchful jealousy of executive power constantly prevails, as it ought ever to prevail, yet it is equally true that...

All the information I have on the subject convinces me that the masses of the Southern people and those who control their public acts [...] ...

It places at his free disposal all the lands and goods in his district, and he may distribute them without let or hindrance to whom he pleas...

As the nature of government requires the power of removal, it was maintained that it should be exercised in this way by the hand capable of ...