. The political history of the United States : or, popular sovereignty and citizenship; birth and growth of the colonies; march to independence; constitutional government; presidents and administrations; congresses and political measures; party platforms and principles; rise and fall of parties. Questions of the hour-civil service reform, polygamy, prohibition, surplus revenue, tariff and free trade, arguments for and against, review of tariff acts. EDWIN M. STANTON. f*. SCHUYLER COLFAX. 459 460 POLITICAL HISTORY OF on March 2. On the 5 th, the trial began, and lasted till May16, when a test v
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. The political history of the United States : or, popular sovereignty and citizenship; birth and growth of the colonies; march to independence; constitutional government; presidents and administrations; congresses and political measures; party platforms and principles; rise and fall of parties. Questions of the hour-civil service reform, polygamy, prohibition, surplus revenue, tariff and free trade, arguments for and against, review of tariff acts. EDWIN M. STANTON. f*. SCHUYLER COLFAX. 459 460 POLITICAL HISTORY OF on March 2. On the 5 th, the trial began, and lasted till May16, when a test vote was taken on the Eleventh Article, aleading one. The result was, for conviction, 35 Senators; foracquittal, 19 Senators, 14 of the latter being Democrats and 5Republicans. The Constitution requiring a two-thirds vote toconvict, the verdict was acquittal on this article. On May 26, a vote was had on the first and second articles, with the sameresult. It being evident that conviction could not be had, noother votes were taken and the Court of Impeachment adjournedsine die. The political differences between the President and the Repub-lican party were not softened by the impeachment trial, yet sin-gularly enough the party did not suffer by its failure to convict, nor did the President cease to pursue his policy of Reconstruc-tion, save where he was hedged by Congress, till the end of histerm, when he retired to his native State, quite restored to thefavor of his o