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Show I V of- us, filed- an EXCeptionorPlea'toMr. David 7emifon, Mr. Vernon, and orieCognizance of that Caufe. Yer,.tho' take to Burner, the Power of GOvernOur (demo, or ‘give usl {0 much as a harfh he over-ruled our Exception, he did not lea, beforeheover-A Support of the} Word, but heard all We had roifay‘ in attheSnit of Mfg-Q59"! and; Pmijiffl' of‘Mr. ruled it; Again, in the Cafe after the HearingandPro-l _urray; others aboutthe fame Time; tho" Mr. to the Power" of His {and Excel» Extieption' an offered Decree, the of nounci'ng patiently heardrall that Mn. to judge or decree as Chancellor, who ' Mfirfl'illr-I Burnet' did not (ilence Murray had to fay in Support of it 5 yet Mr; ln'tlla‘l'lial‘ltlftulzlr', but laid, hisConduét of 1'11}, or teflify the lead Refentment before Mr. lhiliple [Md fullmzt- he was forty, that he barf nor'mede the Exception,lead, tbet‘zt' fba‘uld have been con.- be ted to the 7nrifdz'8ion of the Court, andrf fidered, and bad it: due" Weight. m we complain, may fay, That 1' 32. Though thefe Gentlemen, of' who ng m Ibe- Lzm), or pretended to tamfi s were done before the} bad anyS thefe Thing heard of thefe Cafes, their leave flua'ied it: Yet they could notbut have concerned in one or other of nearefl Relations having been, in lome Meafure, gave fome Diii'atisfaétion, yet them. And tho‘ tome Things done at that Day,Particulars, will be a {landing the Mildnefs of that Adminiflration, in thefe into winch we are fallen. Evidence of the Unhappinels of the prefent Times, Dam, on two q 3;. We lhall only add here, that in the Cafe of Mr. Van as our hm as well feveral Occafions, tho' Exceptions were figned by Mr. Chem l Ufage from kindel the of boall felves, and tho' indeed we had no Reafon to fit to take the two pnifue Judges, upon thefe Occaiions 3 yet they did not thrnk Client. away our Bread from us, for thofe Pieces of Service done to our We Chambers em! H5 Would afk iltefe Gentlemen, If it" was not ju/Z to [flame Mr. prefent (Life .3 then, what has made it Itl'wfill and iii/i for them to fi/enee m in tbe Zenfzer, on And if it was jar/1, ta filmee m w' figm'ng and filing the Excepti for why did they not filenee Mr. Chambers and m, for figm'ng and filing the E". epriom or Mr. Van Dam? Thefe Gentlemen would do well to reconcrle their Con' duél in th‘éfe two Cal-C's. d 34. That we were p‘erféélly innocent, and did our Duty in the Cafe of Zen err, is what we have the clearefi Senfe of. That the Law was with us, in t ‘e Rig/at of the Subjeé? to take an Exception, is what we will Redfaflly mm rain ; and challenge thefe Gentlemen to prove the Contrary. Had we err'd 5 mull a Man leofe his, Livelihood for an innocent Miflake? Mull his Brains be beat out, becaufe they are notcafi in the fame Mauld with another Man's ? Had we been guilty of a Contempt, as is groundlefsly pretended; is there no Proportion between Offences? Is there no Difl‘iné‘tion between Punifiiments .3 Mull we be put to flarve, Or to feek our Bread in a new Country, or in a new Manner or Life, for one Contempt? lf thefe Things are to be tolerated, and feel-Cape a publick Rebuke, andap‘rivate Recont-pe‘nfe, hard will be the Cafe of Lawyers, Who are fworn, To ufe their Qflz‘eer {recording to their Learning med .Difi‘retion. Yet, by this Rule, we mull not be permitted the Ufe of either. Inflead ochnfulting our Law Books, and doing what we think Confident th etc- with, for the Benefit of our Clients, we niuf't ‘f'tndy in GREAT h'lliiN'S CAUSES,OnlwaJtIt will PLEASE the '71u1ger, and what '1in mo/il flatter Men in Perrier. 7 Inflead of doing, what our Honour and a good Confcience, and our Starving; Is this a Condition fit for thofe to continue in, whofe s' ' to defend tlieRights of the People? If the Lawyer: are not nfegiiifiiiii; Bi: charge of their Duty, can their Client: be iafe in Truflina them P If. We are to be Slaver, is it poflible that the Country can be free .3 Surely never was an Act of'Oppreflion, under the_Colour of Law, . ever done withih this Colony that cryed louder for the Animadverfion and fevere Refentment of the Repre: fentatives of a free People than this l q 35. Thefe Judges might, With as much Juflice, have burnt all our Law Books, as to have deprived us of the Ufe of them 5 and have deflroyed our Deeds, and taken_away our Houfcs and our Lands, as to have taken away the Liberty of Exercrfing our Employments, which were as dearly bought as any Thing we enjoy. We came not to them but by the Way of an expenfive Stu‘ (ly of feveral Languages, Arts and Sciences; our Abilities for them were the Purchafe of_ many Years hard and coflly Labour -, we were duly admitted toour Praé'Cice, we ever ufed it with Fidelity and a good Confcience,'and With what Acceptance, and Efleem of our Country, we doubt not but that a Thoufand Witnelies can declare. What. we had thus gotten, could not lawfully be taken from us, but for fame notorious Crime, which our worfl Ene- mies hitherto have not laid to our Charge. And we may venture to fay, that we-fiillhave, notwitliflanding the Act of thefe Jufiices, as much Right to live and maintain our Families by our Callings, as any Merchant, Hufbandman or Tradesman in the Country. And we have as good a Title to be relieved againil any Injury done to that Right, as any other Men. It would doubtlefs have been el'teemed a crying Grievance, if thefe Gentlemen had ordered the Warehouf'e of any Merchant in Town to be flopped up, and difabled him from any farther carrying on of his Trade, whereby he fupported and main- tained his Family -, or if they had ordered the Farm and Infiruments of Tillage to be taken. from any Hulband man in the Country, or if we fuppofe that they had only_difabled him from Improving his Lands, and railing Bread for himfelf and his Family :, if they had block'd up the Way to :1 Mil- ler's Mill, or broke down his Dam, and hindred him from grinding; if they had taken away the Tools of a Carpenter, or {hut upa Tanner's Pits, and priled his Leather -, and reduced thefe Men with their Wives and Children to a Necelhty of Perilhi-ng for Want of Subfiflance :, and all this, not for havL mg done any unlawful A&, but, for doing their Duty, and that which they ' were bound to perform by all pollible Obligations, both {acted and humane : We fay, if our Judges had done all or any of theft: things, the Injuflice of fuch Proceedings would have lain Open to every Man's Obfervation ; but no lefs than all this is contained in the injury of which we complain, and much more,in that not only Our {elves and our innocent Families are great Sufferers, but the publick Adminiflration of Jui'tice is greatly obflrué'ted, and great Num- bers of Perfons, who are our Clients, are much injured, either in the Recovery or Defence of their jufl Rights by this Arbitrary Proceeding, and we doubt not, but that it has appeared to a Demonftration, from what has been faid, that the Aél of thefe Judges in debarring us from our Practice, meerly for having tendered an Exception to their Commifiions, is alfo, in its Nature and Tendency, defiruélive to the Liberties and Properties of the People of this Co ony. _ q 36. ‘We are clearly of Opinion, that when Judges aél u'prightly and do Client's Safety demand of us, We muff do only what will lea/i hazard the pre- Jufily, they have a Right to all the Honour due to their Stations : But when fent Support of our Familier, andfaoe ourfelver, our Wimr endow Children, from Starving. they aét otherwife, in plain Defiance of Common Law and Common Senfe, the |