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It would, however, certainly be unjut to conider this part of the ubject drily on a comparion of the number and value of the offices: it hould in fairnes be adverted to, that a very coniderable part of thoe abolihed were abolute inecures, many of them for life, and that ome of the mot valuable were open to grants in reverion ; ome, as already oberved, michievous from the nature of the appointments; and mot of the remainder ueful only to the parties, and as ources of influence to the miniter: whereas the employments created have all been, poitively required by the neceities of the public ervice, and demand contant and laborious attendance. Of coure, the influence