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 and social life belied the profession which a sense of temporary interest might extort from him; or whose prejudices in behalf of a favourite system might warp his better judgment:—In short, it is only in the case where other qualifications may be nearly balanced, that I would allow this circumstance to determine my vote.

Having thus briefly discussed the question on which we both feel so much interest, perhaps indeed in a manner too summary considering it's vast importance and multifarious relations, I now proceed to give the outline of those improvements in the executive department of the State to which I conceive that the attention of a pure and patriotic Legislature would naturally be directed; and which I am convinced would more immediately and powerfully interest the People of this Country than even the Reform of our