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6124. OFFICES, Policy respecting.—

You know the moderation of our views in
this business, and that we all concurred in
them. We determined to proceed with deliberation.
This produced impatience in the
republicans, and a belief we meant to do
nothing.—
To Levi Lincoln. Washington ed. iv, 406. Ford ed., viii, 83.
(M. Aug. 1801)