Message of the President of the United States Returning to the House of Represe
Message of the President of the United States Returning to the House of Represe
United States President 1865 1869 a Johnson
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The person accused had a hearing, sometimes a patient and fair one; but generally party prejudice prevailed, instead of justice. It often became ne- cessary for Parliament to acknowledge its error and reverse its own action. The fathers of our country determined that no such thing should occur hei-e. They withheld the power from Congress, and thus forbade its ex- ercise by that body; and they provided in the Constitution that no State should pass any bill of attainder. It is, therefore, impossi...ble for any person in this country to be constitutionall}' convicted or punished for any crime by a legislative proceeding of any sort. Nevertheless, here is a bill of attainder against nine millions of people at once. It is based upon an accusation so vague as to be scarcch* intelligible, and found to be true upon no credible evidence. Not one of the nine millions was heard in his own defence. The representatives of the doomed parties were excluded from all participation in the trial. The conviction is to be followed bj- the most ignominious punishment ever inflicted on large masses of men.
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