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6878. PRESIDENT, Petitions to.—

The
right of our fellow citizens to represent to the
public functionaries their opinion on proceedings
interesting to them, is unquestionably a
constitutional right, often useful, sometimes
necessary, and will always be respectfully acknowledged
by me.—
To the New Haven Committee. Washington ed. iv, 402. Ford ed., viii, 68.
(W. 1801)