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<p>could blame me for, & nobody as I thought, refuse<lb/> me. Hard it would be upon me indeed, if the being<lb/> so perfectly contented with the lot which I conceived<lb/> had falled to me should be considered as a <lb/>ground of censure. What if instead of being so contented<lb/> as I am with this spot for my thousand<lb/> prisoners, for another thousand, or for any number<lb/> I can have a prospect of I had asked for another<lb/> spot in lieu of the old one, or, as the last set<lb/> of Supervisors did in addition to it as not thinking<lb/> it large enough for the reception of 300 females<lb/> in addition to 600 males.</p> | |||
<p>No, Sir, neither on this occasion or any <lb/> other do I give myself out as one who where honour<lb/> is not concerned or some satisfaction that money<lb/> will not buy, is in the smallest degree less attentive<lb/> to personal interest, no not to pecuniary interest<lb/> than the passenger who is passing by your<lb/> window: or that, accordingly, were damage to happen<lb/> to me by the act of government without any<lb/> concurrence of mind, I should feel the smallest scruple<lb/> of asking, any more than of recieving the fullest<lb/> indemnification. But, that, Sir, with submission<lb/> is quite different from the present case. Damage, <lb/> real Damage is to be created, created by Administration<lb/> in the teeth of the decision of the law, <lb/> created in order to avoid creating an <sic>alledged</sic></p><add>damage</add> | |||
could blame me for, & nobody as I thought, refuse
me. Hard it would be upon me indeed, if the being
so perfectly contented with the lot which I conceived
had falled to me should be considered as a
ground of censure. What if instead of being so contented
as I am with this spot for my thousand
prisoners, for another thousand, or for any number
I can have a prospect of I had asked for another
spot in lieu of the old one, or, as the last set
of Supervisors did in addition to it as not thinking
it large enough for the reception of 300 females
in addition to 600 males.
No, Sir, neither on this occasion or any
other do I give myself out as one who where honour
is not concerned or some satisfaction that money
will not buy, is in the smallest degree less attentive
to personal interest, no not to pecuniary interest
than the passenger who is passing by your
window: or that, accordingly, were damage to happen
to me by the act of government without any
concurrence of mind, I should feel the smallest scruple
of asking, any more than of recieving the fullest
indemnification. But, that, Sir, with submission
is quite different from the present case. Damage,
real Damage is to be created, created by Administration
in the teeth of the decision of the law,
created in order to avoid creating an alledged
damage
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copy of letter 988, vol. 5 |
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