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Shall they be heard and regarded when they demand of you to displace your faithful and approved rulers, and commit to them your all?
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Daggett questions whether the demands of certain individuals to replace trusted leaders should be taken seriously.
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Men of the most unsuspected integrity, were openly attacked by anonymous publications, or dispoiled of their good name by secret insinuations.
It is to be recollected that the proposition is to change the vital principles of our government--to displace our present rulers and to fill their places with men who never enjoyed the public confidence.
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