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6163. OFFICE-HOLDERS, Recommendations.—

Should I be placed in office, nothing
would be more desirable to me than the recommendations of those in whom I have
confidence, of persons fit for office; for if the
good withhold their testimony, we shall be at
the mercy of the bad.—
To Dr. B. S. Barton. Washington ed. iv, 353. Ford ed., vii, 489.
(W. Feb. 1801)