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To Dundas Answer

Sept 26 1794
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This paper was received and no objections made
with regard to the Land — The Bill I had drawn
was pronounced too long for the this present purpose,
and I was directed through Mr Napier
to propose a short one confined altogether to the
purpose of obtaining the land — meaning of course always that
land for no other was ever offered to me, nor any
objections made to that choice.

Now then whatever may have been the impropriety
of my stile I
humbly hope it will not have the effect
of depriving me of two things of which I stand now or
may stand in need: one is should the matter of fact
above mentioned be disputed the benefit of your evidence.
The other is that on the supposition that an engagement
was entered into with me by two persons members of the Administration yourself
being one you will not deny me the benefit
of your assistance towards carrying that engagement
into effect. The reason of this my humble request
is that in a parenthesis you are pleased to observe that
the business has now officially passed from you. I hope
this transition will not Were this the case, perilous indeed
would be the situation of any one individual who should
think venture to enter into engagement with Administration.
Reputations are damaged and then the engagement is at
end. Still more perilous would his situation, if any
impropriety of stile, real or imputed were to be attended
with the same effect. While a man is silent the engagement
remains unobserved: while he is submissive, it is in
the same case. When he is uneasy alarmed and his uneasiness
is betray'd by his stile the engagement is broken for the impropriety
of his stile.

The reason of my acquiescing
so readily
in the suggestion of
my Mr Long (over and
above the weight which
a suggestion from such
a quarter could not
but carry with it)
was not merely the
belief of your being
a friend to the project
but the recollection idea of your
being as well as witness party to
of the engagement as a
witness of it. This

am and always
shall be ready to
make any acknowledgment
or reparation
you will be
pleased to order

I should conceive was
also among the reasons
that weighed
with Mr Long: because
when I proceeded to
refer to the facts in
question his observation
a very natural and
very just one it was
that these in statement
of fact to which he was
not privy were what
he could say nothing
to do it was for to you
to speak to them that I should address
myself. I hope I have
not in this done that gentleman any injustice. I am
sure it is through honest error not wilfull misrepresentation
if I have.

Identifier: | JB/541/595/002 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 541.
Date_1	1794-09-25	Marginal Summary Numbering
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