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<p>the language that would naturally be held by Gentlemen<lb/> in Administration on such an occasion) <hi rend="underline">You<lb/> suppose that other spots may be found equally proper<lb/> & convenient: we dont know that there are other<lb/> spots we should think so, we dont know that there<lb/> are not: we dont know that there are other spots<lb/> which the Contractor would think so, or could be<lb/> brought to think so, we dont know that there are<lb/> not</hi>: but in the mean time the option can at any<lb/> rate do no harm: and, as you desire it, we will<lb/> insert it. Such and such alone was the language<lb/> of prudence & good faith: such & such alone was<lb/> the language equally consistent with the engagements<lb/> to one party, & with the wishes of the<lb/> other: it therefore actually <hi rend="underline">was</hi> the language of<lb/> Administration: the conclusion is a necessary<lb/> one: this & this alone was the fair & the only<lb/> construction of whatever words the occasion could <lb/> have called for.</p> | |||
<p>But, supposing for argument sake, it had, <lb/> on that occasion, been the intention of the Ministers<lb/> to put a negative on the existing spot, and that<lb/> intention ever so decided, and ever so explicitly declared<lb/> — What follows? — that by one of those inadvertencies<lb/> to which men in high office, and overwhelmed<lb/> as the gentlemen in question then were<lb/> <add>with</add> </p> | |||
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the language that would naturally be held by Gentlemen
in Administration on such an occasion) You
suppose that other spots may be found equally proper
& convenient: we dont know that there are other
spots we should think so, we dont know that there
are not: we dont know that there are other spots
which the Contractor would think so, or could be
brought to think so, we dont know that there are
not: but in the mean time the option can at any
rate do no harm: and, as you desire it, we will
insert it. Such and such alone was the language
of prudence & good faith: such & such alone was
the language equally consistent with the engagements
to one party, & with the wishes of the
other: it therefore actually was the language of
Administration: the conclusion is a necessary
one: this & this alone was the fair & the only
construction of whatever words the occasion could
have called for.
But, supposing for argument sake, it had,
on that occasion, been the intention of the Ministers
to put a negative on the existing spot, and that
intention ever so decided, and ever so explicitly declared
— What follows? — that by one of those inadvertencies
to which men in high office, and overwhelmed
as the gentlemen in question then were
with
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