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6297. ORDER, Maintenance of.—

The life of the citizen is never to be endangered,
but as the last melancholy effort for the
maintenance of order and obedience to the
laws. [374]
To the Governors of the States. Washington ed. v, 414. Ford ed., ix, 238.
(W. 1809)

 
[374]

From a letter in regard to the employment of the
militia.—Editor.