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1831. CORRUPTION, Congress.—[further continued].

I indulge myself on one
political topic only, that is, the shameless corruption
of a portion of the Representatives in
the first and second Congresses, and their implicit
devotion to the treasury. I think I do
good in this, because it may produce exertions
to reform the evil, on the success of which the
form of the government is to depend.—
To E. Randolph. Washington ed. iv, 101. Ford ed., vi, 498.
(M. Feb. 1794)