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6118. OFFICES, Participation in.—[continued].

After so long and complete
an exclusion from office as republicans
have suffered, insomuch that every place is
filled with their opponents, justice as well as
principle requires that they should have some
participation. I believe they will be contented
with less than their just share for the
sake of peace and conciliation.—
To Pierce Butler. Ford ed., viii, 82.
(M. Aug. 1801)