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1160. CENTRALIZATION, [continued].

I wish to see maintained that wholesome distribution of powers established
by the Constitution for the limitation
of both; and never to see all offices transferred
to Washington, where, further withdrawn
from the eyes of the people, they May
more secretly be bought and sold as at market.—
To William Johnson. Washington ed. vii, 297. Ford ed., x, 232.
(M. 1823)