. History of the city of New York: its origin, rise and progress . of the great structure was substan-tially organized. Washington seems not to have measured men by theirspeculative views, or evinced a disposition to punish them for differenceof political opinion. The offices in his gift were generally bestowed uponthose who had been active in establishing the Constitution; thus, JamesDuane, the mayor, was made judge of the district of New York, KichardHarrison, United States attorney, and Colonel William S. Smith, there were notable instances to the contrary, as in the case of Gen
. History of the city of New York: its origin, rise and progress . of the great structure was substan-tially organized. Washington seems not to have measured men by theirspeculative views, or evinced a disposition to punish them for differenceof political opinion. The offices in his gift were generally bestowed uponthose who had been active in establishing the Constitution; thus, JamesDuane, the mayor, was made judge of the district of New York, KichardHarrison, United States attorney, and Colonel William S. Smith, there were notable instances to the contrary, as in the case of Gen-eral John Lamb. Neither the fact that this honest soldier had beeninflexibly opposed to the Constitution, nor the charges and complaintsagainst him provoked in the heats of conflicting interests, and througha zeal too warm to admit the wisdom and purity of an opponent or thepossibility of its own error, influenced Washingtons decision, who inAugust sent the name of General Lamb to the Senate, which unani-mously ratified his appointment as Collector of the Residence of General John Lamb, Wall Street, Ibco page F
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