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Show 412 Rap/y 2‘0 (1 Praia-y?" ngaizfl Dr. Franklin, " terms P" Do you not bond, that their gracious condefeenfions are in the hanas‘of the goyeinor, and that "if this had been me ufual time foi " bufinefs, his honour would haye fent them " down in a mellage to the houfe. ' How then can my going to England prevent tlllSYaCCOIDI‘flOdation? The governor can call. the houfe "1110;; he pleafes; and, one \YOUsJ thinl<, that, at, ea1d in your opinion, my being out ot the way \‘i‘o‘u1 be afavourable circuml‘tanee. For then, by cu " tivating the difpofition {hown by the propris- " taries, every I'rrfomzb/r demand that can be made " on the part of the people might be obtainef. ‘ in vigoroufly infif'ting on which, you prom;1e " to unite moft earneitly With the ref't oft e " Houfe."--It feems then we have " red/07mph " demands" to make, and as you call them a little higher, egm'trzéle demzmdr. This is much {1011i proprietary minions to 'own; But you :11: {ch growing better, in imitationof your matter, vs 1 is indeed very commendable. And if the accommodation here fliould fail, I hope that though ypu diflike the perfon a majority ofitwo to one in tic Houfe have thought fit to appomt an agent; you will neverthelefs, in duty to your country, continue the noble refolution of uniting With the ref'c [1). P.] a; mem'n/ Agusz‘. 413 " making a finall adjournment," fate. and your afi‘eéted apprehenfions of danger from that hallo. The necetiity of expedition on this occafion is as obvious to every one out of doors, as it was to thofe within; and the fears you mention are not, I fancy, confiderable enough to break your rcpt-I come then to your [Jig/J Charge againft me, " That I " heretofore ventured, contrary to an act ofAf" fembly, to place the public money in the flocks; " whereby this province fuflered a lots ofooool. " and that fum, added to the 50001. granted my expences, makes the whole colt ofmy for for6‘ mer voyage to Eng/[mil amount to EL EVE N THOUSAND POUNDS l"-How wifely was that " ‘6 form in our laws contrived, which when a man is arraigned for his life, requires the evidence to fpeak [/36 trut/J, the whole [rut/J, and mining ém‘ t/Jr trzzt/J! The reafon is mapifefi. A falihood may deftroy the innocent ,- {0 may part Ufa trutb without t/Je 10/30/65 and a mixture of truth and falfhood may be full as pernicious. You, Mr. Chief Jufiice, and the other jui'tices among the protefters, and you, Sir, who are a Counfellor at Law; mutt all of you be well acquainted with this excellent form; and when you arraigned m of the. Houfe, in vigoroufly infifting on thatbegzgi‘y reputation (dearer to me than life) before the Af- fembly, and now at the refpeé'table tribunal of and jzzjiice, which fuch an union Will undou te y obtain for us. . ‘ the public; would it not have well become your Honours to have had fome {mall regard at leaft to I pafs over the trivial charge againf‘t the/A1: fembly, that they " acted with unngcgflary m t the fpirit of that form P-You might have men- u in ru-nnpm'linpf to this appointment, Without tioned, that the direction of the act to lodge the money in the Bank, fubjeét to the drafts of the " making tiuttees |