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Previous Legislative Experience of United States Senators by Agnes Wallace Smith, 1912

Previous Legislative Experience of United States Senators by Agnes Wallace Smith, 1912, Page 96

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94 and lest it might not be clear who was meant adds a foot note to the effect that "Charlie always writes his speeches, reads them in a stentorian voice and has them printed. Pinckney presented a bill for establishing an uniform system of drawing jurors by lots in the courts oif the United States and explained the need at length. 1 In his discussion of the bill regarding non-intercourse with France he said, "This bill is a branch of that system which has been pursued by the friends and supporters of the present administration for two or three years with constant and too effectual perseverance for increasing the power of the executive. The delegation of power it contains is unconstitutional. Nothing can be more dangerous to the freedom 1. Annals of Congress Vol 10 pp 35-41
 
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