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3832. IMMIGRANTS, Assisted.—

With
respect to the German redemptioners, I can do


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nothing unless authorized by law. It would
be made a question in Congress, whether any
of the enumerated objects to which the Constitution
authorizes the money of the Union to
be applied, would cover an expenditure for
importing settlers to Orleans.—
To Thomas Paine. Washington ed. iv, 582. Ford ed., viii, 360.
(W. 1805)