It occurs that the notions prevailing here agst. any subordination in the highest Judicial Authy of the State to that of the U. S. & the spirit of Criticism of which there have been examples, may render the word concurrent, preferable to that of co-ordinate as applied in one of the paragraphs of my letter of —Be so good therefore as to erase the latter & insert the former. The change seems to be merely verbal, and insignificant: but the subject is a tender & even a sore one in this quarter, and can not be touched too discreetly. Co-ordinate, tho guarded, by the phrase, in all cases