Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1824-08-10
From the National Journal, July 2.
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10 L HE FO BLIC,
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those principles, by which our present
venerable President ard his advisers
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change in that policy. The labored eff
forts which have been made, and which
are still ln progress, by a few selisty'ed
erctns'pe republicans, to produce what
they are pleased to term radical reform
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