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112. ADMINISTRATION, Confidence in.—

In a government like ours it is necessary
to embrace in its administration as great a
mass of confidence as possible, by employing
those who have a character with the public,
of their own, and not merely a secondary one
through the Executive. [15]
The Anas. Washington ed. ix, 208. Ford ed.,
i, 312.
(April. 1806)

 
[15]

Answer to Aaron Burr's solicitations for an office.—Editor.