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political transaction, of the state or nation I shall invariably pursue the same course. In the discharge of my duty, I shall be influenced by what I conceive to be the public good, and I shall always approve of your conduct, and of every other officer, who pursues the same course, whether it terminates in favor of my friend, or my enemy. Your conduct in the case of Mr Harris I know to be correct and proper, and if a preferrence was to be given to Harris or Early, the latter undoubtedly would have been preferred by me. I beg you will pardon this long digression. Since writing this far, I have rec'd more correct and detailed accounts of the contents of Mr Pinckneys letter, which is a private one, and not a public dispatch-- It is dated the 4th Jan and unclear that he intended to send in his official note the next day. The Marquis unclear stated that he had come into the unclear without pledging himself to support any