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and as long as you are guided by your own judgment, this will continue to be the case.
This is, in my opinion, the only road to a lasting popularity, for the moment a man yields his judgment to popular whim, he may be compared to a ship without its rudder in a gale — he is sure to be dashed against a rock.
Accept, my dear sir, my warmest wishes for your welfare.
G. W. Campbell:
Sir,--This will be handed you by Mr. Powell, against whom Brehan has brought suit by writ of ejectment in the Federal court.
I hear, since I spoke to you, that you are appointed one of the judges of the court of errors and appeals.
If you accept, will you continue to practice in the Federal court here?
This, when I first see you, I will be anxious to learn.
At any rate, I wish you to enter the pleading for Mr. Powell at this term; at next June I expect it will be tried.
Your fee I will be (Mr. Powell's) security for.
Yours, with respect,
Andrew Jackson. November 30th, 1809.
