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Section 8.] [Footnote c: See the constitutions of Illinois, Maine, Connecticut, and Georgia.] [Footnote d: See Appendix, N.
[The impeachment of President Andrew Johnson in 1868--which was resorted to by his political opponents solely as a means of turning him out of office, for it could not be contended that he had been guilty of high crimes and misdemeanors, and he was in fact honorably acquitted and reinstated in office--is a striking confirmation of the truth of this remark .-- Translator's Note, 1874.]].