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2852. FACTION, Government and.—

With respect to the schism among the republicans
of your State [Pennsylvania] I have
ever declared to both parties that I consider
the General Government as bound to take no
part in it, and I have carefully kept both my
judgment, my affections, and my conduct,
clear of all bias to either.—
To Thomas Cooper. Washington ed. v, 182.
(M. 1807)