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6468. PATRONAGE, Curtailing.—

They
[first republican Congress] * * * are disarming
executive patronage and preponderance,
by putting down one-half the offices of
the United States, which are no longer necessary.—
To General Kosciusko. Washington ed. iv, 430.
(W. April. 1802)

See Offices and Office-holders.