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6890. PRESIDENT, The senate and.—[continued].

The Senate is not supposed
by the Constitution to be acquainted
with the concerns of the Executive department.
It was not [395] intended that these should
be communicated to them.—
Opinion on the Powers of the Senate. Washington ed. vii, 466. Ford ed., v, 162.
(1790)


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[395]

“Not” is omitted in the Ford Edition. It is in
the original MS.—Editor.