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make but a lean diet.
Mr. Wright was not a candidate for reelection in 1817 but in 1821 was elected and served the one term only. While the oath of office is generally administered to the speaker of the house by one of the justices of the supreme court, for some reason Mr. Wright administered the oath to Philip P. Barbour as speaker.
Mr. Wright considered internal improvements made at federal expense an injustice to the people. The rate of taxes had been assessed to continue only during the war and one year thereafter and he believed the people should be relieved from the heavy taxation. Moreover the $1,000,000 would be a mere pittance when it was divided among the states.
He was outspoken too in his opposition to sending missionaries to the Indians. He said the missionaries were little better than spies sent among them to learn how to

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109 make but a lean diet. Mr. Wright was not a candidate for reelection in 1817 but in 1821 was elected and served the one term only. While the oath of office is generally administered to the speaker of the house by one of the justices of the supreme court, for some reason Mr. Wright administered the oath to Philip P. Barbour as speaker. Mr. Wright considered internal improvements made at federal expense an injustice to the people. The rate of taxes had been assessed to continue only during the war and one year thereafter and he believed the people should be relieved from the heavy taxation. Moreover the $1,000,000 would be a mere pittance when it was divided among the states. He was outspoken too in his opposition to sending missionaries to the Indians. He said the missionaries were little better than spies sent among them to learn how to