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<note>Sept 26 1794 <lb/>Not sent</note> | <note>Sept 26 1794 <lb/>Not sent</note> | ||
<p>This paper was received and no objections made<lb/>with regard to the Land - The Bill I had drawn<lb/>was pronounced too long for this present purpose,<lb/>and I was directed throught Mr <gap/><lb/>to propose a short one confined altogether to the<lb/>purpose of obtaining the land — meaning <add>of course</add> always that<lb/>land for no other was ever offered to me, nor any<lb/>objections made to that choice.<lb/></p><p>Were the whatever may have been the impropriety<lb/>of my stile I humbly hope it will not have the effect<lb/>of depriving me of two things of which I stand <del>now</del> or<lb/>may stand in need: one is should the matter of fact<lb/>above mentioned be disputed the benefit of your evidence.<lb/>The other is that on the supposition that any engagement<lb/>was entered into with me by two persons <add>members of the Administration</add> yourself<lb/>being one you will not deny me the benefit<lb/>of your assistance toward carrying that engagement <lb/>into effect. The reason of this my humble request<lb/>is that in a parenthesis you are pleased to observe that <lb/>the business has now officially passed from you. I hope<lb/>this transition will not Were this the case, perilous indeed<lb/>would be the situation of one individual who should<lb/>think <add>venture</add> to enter into engagement with Administration.<lb/>Reputations are damaged and there the engagement is at<lb/>end. Still more perilous would be situate, if any<lb/>impropriety of stile, real or imputed were to be attended<lb/>with the same effect. While a man is silent the engagement <lb/>remains observed: while he is submissive, it is in <lb/>the same case. When he is uneasy <add>alarmed</add> and his uneasiness <lb/>is betray'd by his stile the engagement is broken for the impropriety <lb/>of his stile.<lb/></p> | <p>This paper was received and no objections made<lb/>with regard to the Land - The Bill I had drawn<lb/>was pronounced too long for this present purpose,<lb/>and I was directed throught Mr <gap/><lb/>to propose a short one confined altogether to the<lb/>purpose of obtaining the land — meaning <add>of course</add> always that<lb/>land for no other was ever offered to me, nor any<lb/>objections made to that choice.<lb/></p><p>Were the whatever may have been the impropriety<lb/>of my stile I <note>am and always <lb/>shall be ready to <lb/>make any acknowledgment <lb/>or reparation <lb/>you will be <lb/>pleased to order</note><lb/>humbly hope it will not have the effect<lb/>of depriving me of two things of which I stand <del>now</del> or<lb/>may stand in need: one is should the matter of fact<lb/>above mentioned be disputed the benefit of your evidence.<lb/>The other is that on the supposition that any engagement<lb/>was entered into with me by two persons <add>members of the Administration</add> yourself<lb/>being one you will not deny me the benefit<lb/>of your assistance toward carrying that engagement <lb/>into effect. The reason of this my humble request<lb/>is that in a parenthesis you are pleased to observe that <lb/>the business has now officially passed from you. I hope<lb/>this transition will not Were this the case, perilous indeed<lb/>would be the situation of one individual who should<lb/>think <add>venture</add> to enter into engagement with Administration.<lb/>Reputations are damaged and there the engagement is at<lb/>end. Still more perilous would be situate, if any<lb/>impropriety of stile, real or imputed were to be attended<lb/>with the same effect. While a man is silent the engagement <lb/>remains observed: while he is submissive, it is in <lb/>the same case. When he is uneasy <add>alarmed</add> and his uneasiness <lb/>is betray'd by his stile the engagement is broken for the impropriety <lb/>of his stile.<lb/></p> | ||
The reason of my acquiescing <lb/>so readily <lb/>in the suggestion of <lb/>M<hi rend="superscript">r</hi> Long (over and <lb/>above the weight which<lb/>a suggestion from such<lb/>a quarter could not<lb/>but carry with it)<lb/>was not merely the<lb/>belief of your being<lb/>a friend to the project<lb/>but the recollection <add>idea</add> of your<lb/>being as well as witness <add>party to</add><lb/>of the engagement as a<lb/>witness of it. This<lb/>I should conceive was<lb/>also among the reasons<lb/>that weighed<lb/>with M<hi rend="superscript">r</hi> Long: because<lb/>when I proceeded to<lb/>refer to the facts in<lb/>question his observation<lb/>a very natural and<lb/>very just one it was<lb/>that these are statement<lb/>of fact to which he was<lb/>not privy even what<lb/>he could say without <lb/>to do it was for <add>to</add> you<lb/><add>to speak to them</add> that I should address <lb/>myself. I hope I have <lb/>not in this done that gentleman any injustice. I am <lb/>sure it is through honest error not wilfull misrepresentation <lb/>if I have.<lb/> | The reason of my acquiescing <lb/>so readily <lb/>in the suggestion of <lb/>M<hi rend="superscript">r</hi> Long (over and <lb/>above the weight which<lb/>a suggestion from such<lb/>a quarter could not<lb/>but carry with it)<lb/>was not merely the<lb/>belief of your being<lb/>a friend to the project<lb/>but the recollection <add>idea</add> of your<lb/>being as well as witness <add>party to</add><lb/>of the engagement as a<lb/>witness of it. This<lb/>I should conceive was<lb/>also among the reasons<lb/>that weighed<lb/>with M<hi rend="superscript">r</hi> Long: because<lb/>when I proceeded to<lb/>refer to the facts in<lb/>question his observation<lb/>a very natural and<lb/>very just one it was<lb/>that these are statement<lb/>of fact to which he was<lb/>not privy even what<lb/>he could say without <lb/>to do it was for <add>to</add> you<lb/><add>to speak to them</add> that I should address <lb/>myself. I hope I have <lb/>not in this done that gentleman any injustice. I am <lb/>sure it is through honest error not wilfull misrepresentation <lb/>if I have.<lb/> | ||
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To Dundas Answer
Sept 26 1794
Not sent
This paper was received and no objections made
with regard to the Land - The Bill I had drawn
was pronounced too long for this present purpose,
and I was directed throught Mr
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.
Were the whatever may have been the impropriety
of my stile I am and always
shall be ready to
make any acknowledgment
or reparation
you will be
pleased to order
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 any 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 toward 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 one individual who should
think venture to enter into engagement with Administration.
Reputations are damaged and there the engagement is at
end. Still more perilous would be situate, if any
impropriety of stile, real or imputed were to be attended
with the same effect. While a man is silent the engagement
remains observed: 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
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
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 are statement
of fact to which he was
not privy even what
he could say without
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.
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