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1539. CONGRESS, Jobbery in.—
I have
always observed that in questions of expense,
where members may hope either for offices or
jobs for themselves or their friends, some few
will be debauched, and that is sufficient to
turn the decision where a majority is, at most,
but small.—
To James Madison. Washington ed. iv, 103.
Ford ed., vi, 503.
(M.
April. 1794)
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