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Page 97
... officers , Land officers , and some new officers to be appointed in the same way that those first enumerated are . Has a year passed , since the organization of the Government , that numerous defalcations have not occurred among this ...
... officers , Land officers , and some new officers to be appointed in the same way that those first enumerated are . Has a year passed , since the organization of the Government , that numerous defalcations have not occurred among this ...
Page 98
... officers are more honest than sworn officers of the Govern- ment . Not so . We insist on no such thing . We say that public officers , selected with reference to their capacity and honesty , ( which by the way , we deny is the practice ...
... officers are more honest than sworn officers of the Govern- ment . Not so . We insist on no such thing . We say that public officers , selected with reference to their capacity and honesty , ( which by the way , we deny is the practice ...
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... officers of State say about it , and they are a desarnin set of men . ' ' But , ' says I , ' I guess you're mistaken ... officers of State " ; and you know , Jeff , we can't get along without officers of State . ' ' Damn officers ...
... officers of State say about it , and they are a desarnin set of men . ' ' But , ' says I , ' I guess you're mistaken ... officers of State " ; and you know , Jeff , we can't get along without officers of State . ' ' Damn officers ...
Contents
Political Announcement | 53 |
Letter to Colonel Robert Allen June 21 1836 | 59 |
Letter to Miss Mary Owens May 7 1837 | 73 |
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