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for office, that I mean nothing more than to assure the gov't of the talents and integrity of the person recommended. The success of any administration depends naturally upon the persons employed in the different departments. If these are honest and able, they are so many substantial pillars upon which the political fabric will rest in safety-- if they are feeble and rotten the fabric, the superstructure may totter and fall. It is impossible for the executive magistrate in many cases to rely upon his own judgment and knowledge of the person to be appointed, and few, too few can be relied on, in recommendation. They are much like petitions, unclear of course. In the short political race I have run, I have to the best of my understanding endeavored to support the republican system, and to pull down those who wish to make a job of gov't. If I should remain in office, or in any other way have any agency in the