Carolina QuotesThe power of impeachment is given by this Constitution, to bring great offenders to punishment. It is calculated to bring them to punishment for crimes which it is not easy to describe, but which every one must be convinced is a high crime and misdemeanor against the government.
James Iredell Connected to the Carolinas
Source
July 28, 1788, p. 107.
- work
- North Carolina's Debates, in Convention, on the adoption of the Federal Constitution (1787)
- year
- 1787
- locator
- p. 107
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