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6840. POWERS, Distribution of.—

To preserve the republican form and principles
of our Constitution, and cleave to the salutary
distribution of powers, which that has
established, * * * are the two sheet anchors
of our Union. If driven from either,
we shall be in danger of foundering.—
To William Johnson. Washington ed. vii, 298. Ford ed., x, 232.
(M. 1823)