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960. BRIBERY, Jefferson and.—

Of
you, my neighbors, I may ask, in the face of
the world, “whose ox have I taken, or whom
have I defrauded? Whom have I oppressed,
or of whose hand have I received a bribe to
blind mine eyes therewith? On your verdict
I rest with conscious security.—
To The Inhabitants Of Albemarle County. Washington ed. v, 439. Ford ed., ix, 251.
(M. April. 1809)