Through Five Administrations : Reminiscences of Colonel William H. Crook, Body-Guard to President Lincoln
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The latter two soon withdrew, as was proper in the circumstances, while Stanton, apparently restored to sympathy, remained in ofhce. From the principles laid down in his message Presi- dent Johnson never swerved. Every act passed by Congress that violated these principles he consistently vetoed. That the Freedmen's Bureau Act and the Civil Rights Act would receive his condemnation was a foregone conclusion. From the comments of the press throughout the country there was no doubt that the mass o...f the people were with the President. With the veto of the Freedmen's Bureau Act, which made no uncertain declaration of the President's in- THROUGH FIVE ADMINISTRATIONS tent ions, began a most amazing chapter in the history of our Congress. Since a struggle was imminent, it was necessary to be sure of a two-thirds Republican majority in order to pass acts over the veto. Every expedient was resorted to : a senator was rejected on a re-examination of credentials, before approved; a would-be honorable senator was forced to break his pair ; in order that another pair might not be broken, a dying man was hurried to the Senate, only to find that the vote had been taken in haste to exclude his.
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