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about the exemption belonging to gentlemen in such high
offices as touching moral obligations, were so many
truisms: but to Mr Hiley Addington the notion seemed rather adopted in deference
to such high authority, than brought out as
the fruit of his own reflections and experience.

Every thing Mr Long came out with in the course
of his apology: (for notwithstanding his acknowledged superiority to
parliament, he seemed to feel some sort of account of himself
due from him in point of prudence to the friend and
supporter at his elbow) the plunged me still deeper
and deeper in astonishment. Every thing that had
not happened was asserted—every that had
ever happened was doomed in globo for the purpose
of the argument: and the argument ran about the
compass takes the wind in a hurricane.+ The Treasury
were only ministerial and had no choice: though
the Treasury is the every thing of choice in the waste of
an act—and the Treasury is the only authority by which to which
any thing is to be done any claim is given by it. The Treasury had no choice
about the spot or any thing: though Mr Long and he alone in person
was the very person by whom the spot in question was promised
to me for any choice. All depended upon the Secretary
of State: though, by the Secretary of State (Mr Dundas)
who a gentleman favourable to the plan even to enthusiasm. I
was turned over to the Treasury—that is to Mr Long's
own room, because nothing could be done elsewhere.
it was not done the establishment was not set up at Battersea Rise: that was the proper
place—the only proper place—but I was indifferent about
it—and so that place was lost: whereas the Memorial
by which I clung to it was rejected by himself as
forcible and irrefragable beyond endurance, besides being
at in a letter which I should think myself fortunate
in having to produce against him, if it were not still

of the Bill, he had said more than any body on this subject, had defeated the opposition, and with the air of a conquering had strode up and taken
my Breath and then on my return from the , reslaying the slain and up
the of our acknowledgements for Lord 's will and pleasure on the subject was at understood to be favourable.

+ other confusion
was visible thick painted on his
pale countenance: but still
the wonder was how
such effusions could
flow even from such a source.

+ Whatever part he
had ever taken in the
business was so much
beyond any part he
had any need to take
in it and instead of
him as
ought to be the
for it: while though by
official duty he was
bound to carry it into
effect and by corruption
treachery he had sacrificed
his character and his
conscience to the overthrow
of it. He had
never taken any part
beyond any
where and in particular
non in Parliament:
whereas in
that took place

Identifier: | JB/121/344/001"JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 121.
Date_1	1802-08-24	Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	121	Main Headings	Panopticon versus New South Wales
Folio number	344	Info in main headings field
Image	001	Titles
Category	Text sheet	Number of Pages	1
Recto/Verso	Recto"Recto" is not in the list (recto, verso) of allowed values for the "Rectoverso" property.	Page Numbering	F12
Penner		Watermarks	1800
Marginals		Paper Producer
Corrections		Paper Produced in Year	1800
Notes public		ID Number	001
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