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6078. OFFICES, Bestowal.—

I have firmly
refused to follow the counsels of those
who have desired the giving offices to some
of the [federal] leaders, in order to reconcile.
I have given, and will give only to republicans,
under existing circumstances.—
To James Monroe. Washington ed. iv, 368. Ford ed., viii, 10.
(W. March. 1801)