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6126. OFFICES, Public opinion and.—

Some States require a different regimen from
others. What is done in one State very often
shocks another, though where it is done it is
wholesome. South of the Potomac, not a
single removal has been asked. On the contrary,
they are urgent that none shall be
made. Accordingly, only one has been made,
which was for malversation. They censure
much the removals north of this. You see,
therefore, what various tempers we have to
harmonize.—
To Thomas McKean. Ford ed., viii, 78.
(W. July. 1801)