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Judge Black’s Belknap Impeachment Defense Examined
The concluding portion of Judge Black's impeachment argument assails Grantism and defends Belknap by asserting gifts to public officers are not criminal absent a corrupt contract or intent. He argues bribery requires proof of exchange for official favors, cites Adams Clay and Bayard as precedent, and challenges selective prosecutions while noting widespread practices of gifts and political payments within the executive.
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Judge Black
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Pennsylvania Avention
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Clay
United States
John Quincey Adkins
Adams
Ws. Adams
Clay Seery
Mers Uurise
Bayard Tmenty
Jefferson
Gen Taylor
Tie
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Massachusetts
Hoar
Nion Pacific Railroad
House of Representatives
Lincoln
Gen. Belknap
Davis
Congress
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Weston
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Giimt
Gen Trant
New York
House of Repre Entaives
E Gallany
Grant
Supreme Court
Court of St. James
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