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A neighbourhood upon which the establishment fell unexpected,<lb/>and with a mark of reprobation on its head? It would thus<lb/>be hunted on from neighbourhood to neighbourhood without<lb/>finding a foot of land to repose on any where. And in the<lb/>mean time, (to say nothing of your Memorialist) what<lb/>would become of your Lordships time, and of the public<lb/>service? Of what nature too would be the instruction given by<lb/>such a precedent to your Memorialist?—to look out for<lb/>another good place, for a place as convenient & proper as<lb/>the present one?—No:— but for a bad place: for as bad<lb/>an one as could be found: for its badness would be his only<lb/>chance. He would have to hunt the four counties over for<lb/>a desert: and if they contained no desert, they would contain<lb/>no place for him at all. For let him fix on what spot he<lb/>will, if there be such a thing as a house within a mile or<lb/>two of it, his chance is gone. To what purpose look for | <p>A neighbourhood upon which the establishment fell unexpected,<lb/>and with a mark of reprobation on its head? It would thus<lb/>be hunted on from neighbourhood to neighbourhood without<lb/>finding a foot of land to repose on any where. And in the<lb/>mean time, (to say nothing of your Memorialist) what<lb/>would become of your Lordships time, and of the public<lb/>service? Of what nature too would be the instruction given by<lb/>such a precedent to your Memorialist?—to look out for<lb/>another good place, for a place as convenient & proper as<lb/>the present one?—No:— but for a bad place: for as bad<lb/>an one as could be found: for its badness would be his only<lb/>chance. He would have to hunt the four counties over for<lb/>a desert: and if they contained no desert, they would contain<lb/>no place for him at all. For let him fix on what spot he<lb/>will, if there be such a thing as a house within a mile or<lb/>two of it, his chance is gone. To what purpose look for consent?<lb/> For consent to an establishment which your Lordships<lb/>have pronounced a nuisance? A nuisance &that of so<lb/>baneful a nature, as to render houses uninhabitable at more<lb/>than a mile's distance? If opposition would otherwise have<lb/>been wanting, the decision itself would be enough to make<lb/>one: it would be an advertisement for opponents. Had<lb/>your Memorialist courage for the pursuit, what a task<lb/>would he have to go through? What up-hill-work! What a<lb/>labyrinth of negotiations!—of negotiations of which any person<lb/>at a mile's distance might cut the threat! Indeed, my Lords,<lb/>your Memorialist has no such courage: if driven from this<lb/>his first & his last hold, nothing remains for him but to <lb/>make his bow: if the oak will not bear him, he must submitt<lb/>to his fate: it would be lost labour to catch at straws.<lb/><add>JB</add></p> | ||
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A neighbourhood upon which the establishment fell unexpected,
and with a mark of reprobation on its head? It would thus
be hunted on from neighbourhood to neighbourhood without
finding a foot of land to repose on any where. And in the
mean time, (to say nothing of your Memorialist) what
would become of your Lordships time, and of the public
service? Of what nature too would be the instruction given by
such a precedent to your Memorialist?—to look out for
another good place, for a place as convenient & proper as
the present one?—No:— but for a bad place: for as bad
an one as could be found: for its badness would be his only
chance. He would have to hunt the four counties over for
a desert: and if they contained no desert, they would contain
no place for him at all. For let him fix on what spot he
will, if there be such a thing as a house within a mile or
two of it, his chance is gone. To what purpose look for consent?
For consent to an establishment which your Lordships
have pronounced a nuisance? A nuisance &that of so
baneful a nature, as to render houses uninhabitable at more
than a mile's distance? If opposition would otherwise have
been wanting, the decision itself would be enough to make
one: it would be an advertisement for opponents. Had
your Memorialist courage for the pursuit, what a task
would he have to go through? What up-hill-work! What a
labyrinth of negotiations!—of negotiations of which any person
at a mile's distance might cut the threat! Indeed, my Lords,
your Memorialist has no such courage: if driven from this
his first & his last hold, nothing remains for him but to
make his bow: if the oak will not bear him, he must submitt
to his fate: it would be lost labour to catch at straws.
JB
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