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uulsss it should be registered. The Actsriid expressly that till uhould be registered. It and that if deeds of lands an prrrcliased were not made out previous to the passing of the Act, the purcha- sun should be allowed six months to procure them; but whether such deeds were etecut before or after the passing of the Act, it expressly declared that they should not be valid unless they wens registered. At the time the Act pusscil, Judge I'eti-rs was I Iieuiber of the Legislutivs Council, and he then observed, with Input to the qorttiern latsd registrutiou ofsuch deeds, that unless nous should be lu_~ld to be valid but those which were recorded. it svsu impossible for Proprietors to say when their lands were lulu.-o up; and they would, cuiisequuutly, be unable to determine whether they ltad the power to sell or lunseutty pnrticulztr portions ofitny tosvusbip which hurl been levied on for non-pit 'lIIttltl of land tux, und of which portions hrid been add in sntisfiictioti of tho Iitviu. If the set of registration were intended to s ply only to such dsedsas were executed six months after the praising of the statute, the copaequeiice would be s most perplexing and endless absurdity. Suppose til'ty farms upon one township were so

not by description. not by mates and bounds 2 'l'o the application ufoach purchaser for his lurid, the only answer would he: ' Yo piust bird it for yourself.’ Such was the practice before tlte pass- Ing ofthe Act, and to make these sales good was one of its prin- cirpril objects. Now if purchasers who had obtained their deeds, o uncertain tracts, before the passing of this Act, vvcru to be sl- lovved to put them into their pockets, or to commit them to the archives, without registering t . no one else, whom I y might afl'cot, would but wiser; uud, if their validity were allowed, it was very evident that they fibt produced, at some futurs day, very iiruch to the annoy-

me,,_.t,, ,,,,,,,.t,-, ,],,,t it wuu very possible that, uht-it Ml‘- Wlii-lan fit-‘st swore to his qtralrfi-.-aliori, he was prrutraili-tl hi- h,,,] 0,,“ ,,,,.| gt) was it also, that his frii-nds might think the s.urie. But how any lion. rnenilrer could determine in his own ,,,,,,.t._,,[.,,.,. it", ,3,-,.t,-,.cu nlncli they had heard, both from livin; witnesses, and the written law of land, touching the ruli- jelyt [nutter of the pending inveoti::ation,—that Mr. Whe- lan had taltcti his seat in the House on the 5th March, 1550, in virtue ot a It-gal or lawful qualilicatitiri, as sworn to by him on that ds and previously on the 29th January, 1850, to (Mr. Palrner) was totally at a loss to irnzigini-. was tor the (‘omtnittee to d-ride, with respect to Mr. Whclan’it qualifica- ti-in or :..trt-qttalilicziliirn, witlt as little of party l.l.‘tflItl‘,{ or poli- tical biaa,ris they would allow to weigh with lhciit,if thvy were sitting as an Election Cotttiiiittee, and sworn to decide the question at issue without fetr, favor or alTr‘ctl0lt. was fpr them than to say, uriinlliieticril by arty other corisideratrtrin than those of truth and justice, ulietlii-r Mr. Whelan had or had not, at the time he took the qualiliczilimr oath, in 1850, art estate of the value of £50, eithrr iit seizirr or in possession,

clear of ericutnbrririccs. ‘I‘lie hurt. and learned mi-inlier their concluded by saying, that he bail, throughout his rrildtesa, kept‘ to the point in question, as irriiclt as prisslltlea “lll|°|ll l'"'|lL':' . ride arty unnecessary allusions to the llllltltttlelblltlltlllltt, in! which the pending iiivr.'stit_-zitiott hrirl lliltl its origin. All thrill Ito wislied to be rli-termiiii-d then, was wliethcr l\lr. Wlirl-,,n] was or was not rlitly qualified, when he took his seat in the. House in 1850. The Corrrtnittco having at-iivcil It a fair and

server ; not in his mattnanlmlty and courage, but the comparison ltiipltt hold ’\ to his cruelty and ferocity. [llcre tiputii Mr. Paltrier lore and cltiirrieil the protection of the Chair; and. nearly at the same lll0lllt'llI, the Hun. Mr. l’i-pc tone to call the lion. member r. Wlri-lair to oidi-r.j 'llic llitll. metnhr-r again trsumed: If not rillouerl latitude of apt-i-cli npmt tltr floor of that House, he would take care to do hitrisell justice. before the public, by his remarks llIt(l|l;:l|lll0llI¢I’ rliarii-cl. 'l‘lir-. accriirntiriri set forth against him was of it two-fold character. In the first place, he tarts, by implication, iliargi-it \\llll the crirrir of perjury; tllltl, iii the next, hr \\ as at i-rtwrl ofsittirr-,t as a tiii-in bi r til" the llottse, without having it legal qll|llfit"IIll0n. And the fl('.(‘lll:ill()tt was. in no way, mrtigat--d by any lle§l'allcy on the part of the riccti.-er. by no dubious or qtiiililti-d cxpressrotrs, but, on the corrtrary, was directly, positively, and cunlidi-ntly or god; and to mrikc the mode of fl('Cu5illlUIl still worrie,tlie Illr-god crirtit.-tr were Il‘I forth try one wlio, beside-s, irrrogated to liiiriticlf the functions of both jiid,-ze anil jury, and who, he verily be

the 73 acres of hind purchased liy him (Mr. W.) from Mr. Driwsoii; rilthnugh r. ltttsull raid, on his oiitb, attired Iolhu Cirtirttiilti-e, tlttrt be (Mr. lliiwwit) hud sold the land to hiiri (Mr. \V.) in I846, for £50., by tln agreement to thiit effect, duly un- ti-red iirtn irrid executed at the time; and that ho had handed over to hint (Mr. W ) the Sheriff's Deed of thosairio at the struts time, in urtlrer ciinlirrriation ofthe siilu rind rulrnquislimuritof the , The title to this property must cerlriiul have been is sung ong .3 thiit Iinic; and that it was not in Mr. Drtttvvon, lielisd hiivisolfclcsr- I slutird. He (Mr. D.) Iiiid told the Cutiiniittec thut, utter in Ind entered intii the iigvecnient for the lulu of the land to hiiri (Mr W.) be (Mr. ll.) coniridcred, that lie had nothing more to do with it; but that it. at and front that time, bet-time the hour:-flds property of ltitit (Mr. \V.); rind that he (Mr. l).)ltntl positively uiifuither clsiin upon it. He (hit. 1).) had sworn, thiit be (Mr. \V.) had a prefect right to troll it in IR-t6, had he chose it so. in t at-iduncg of Mr. llluoiiuy lttid fully ciirrribirrrttcd thiit of Mr. Dawson, on that Mr. Mount-y, oriirrrllt, ltud told llro t.'o:i'rtiittccthut on his npplying to Mr. Drtwsritt, aortic yi-nrs it o, to purchase the land in

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“,,,.,,,t, ,,,,,,|,j’ wig], |,t,|e ,-..|,,c,,,,,c,,_ hlhcharge muse of the qt.I:‘ttl:0tl,'.‘lI"; l“)I.|\\‘It;Il told l|LllI,llIltl|lIt5_l|lIt.l Ianldmll torllillll (h_Ir. j ,_, . jg _ H‘ , . -I . j ' tin liirt re ‘it not ring to it wilt it et r. iiiiiertiinst tan tlldll ti o is no user li.id sari , that he (the hurt I\ t ”'""‘M we mm,‘ i, Wm, M, j,,,, (M, w_..,)_ Wm" um, “um

W.) had no right In sit as a mi-rnlicr if that l|nn~e; he ha-l ¢l|=t|’t.'t‘d liltt‘. with beiti.-{ a perjnrer: and he said, that he tiueltt 1" litltte his cars cruppi-it off. And when be (Mr. \V.) would lltrig track the foul cxpressiotts with ileti-statiuit atiil scorn, he wtis told he was orrl of order. llut he Writlltl ptlt it to every individiriil ( f honorable feeling in tire llutise, to every one who heard him. an who was worthy the name of riiuri. ther, if so fuirl a Cll(|l’j,Zt' had been so liniarlly and or-ciily pre-

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l\ohoily’ri, if they were to Irelieto Mr I'riltrier. Ile (Mr. P.) appu- rczttly first satisfied ltiniso.f,tlirit he (.\lr. W.) had not no title to the land; iinil thi-ti ll!‘ ritti-tripled to i-hi-w. that even supposing he had I right to it, his quiiliftriitiori could not be good, lmciiuse tho provin- inini riftIii- Act b'tli Vic. crip. I7, had rtot.tis alleged, been compli- ed with. Now, said the lion. rm-tuber, let its ireia what this Act re- uii-err. [He then read port of the preamble and first section oftliu

Act II! fnllow-io:——] “ Arid wliirre.-is in mrtttv instrtitceir, it is uncertain vrltelhcr an ac-

trnpartiul decision concerning the qfiesttoii, lit! would then be lfirred against Iiiiii, he would not have felt the blood boil in his

also and embarrassment of other contracting parties whose lands . would be forever subject to be taken by sortie one or other of the purchasers of those fift farms. For this reason it was that the Act provided that all such deeds should be put on record; and thst,‘until registered, they should not be valid. It was to be at- gued, he understood, that the Act did not apply to any case in which tbs sale of the hind had been b mules and bounds; but he lad already shown, he thought clear y enough, that the Act, by its own words, related to ‘ all it s of conveyance, uitd ‘ to the ser or purchasers of any lands whatsoever.’ The nietrnin and intent ofthe Act were so obvious on that point, that it would be useless for him to any another word in support ofthe construe. tiou which he had put a it. There would, Its also unrlernognl, be another objection raised to the application of tl:.,, Act in the Deed in question, which was that the land had been actually levi- ed up_on. But this was a consideration quite immntevinl to u ro- Pl’ Vt"! Ofllltt lltlfiltlolli for the Act provided that the Deeds of Ill A-find’. Wllllolll dl“ll‘°l»l°llt Mid at Sheriff’: sales, before the lift . lllollld 59 registered. or otherwise they would be invalid. ‘II! ‘V I ll-‘Ill llm Sheriii said .’ He had told the Corrirnittce that "ho had not levied on the seventy-three acres in question, but that is believed the person employed by him to put up the notice re- quired by Law, htid done so upon sortie portion of the 450 ncres laimed on the township. Now, (cnntinucd the lion. and learn- otl member) he would go further than he had yet done. He would suppose that, on the 29th January, 1850, when Mr. \VItel:in took the otttll ofqnrtlificntion with respect to that land, he ltrid had it regularly conveyed to him, b Mr. Dawson, and that the convoy- snce o it had been made to him twelve months before that time; and he (Hr. l'ulmer) would show that the l)er9tl'w:rs irrvaliil. On the 29th January, I830, Mr. \‘lr'lic|nrt took the following Oath: ~“ J, Edward \\/helan, do swear that I m by Law qualified to be elected for the Second Electoral District of King‘s County, and that the foregoing Schedule doth contain a full, true rind particular account, to the best of my ktionleilge and belief, ofthe proper! in respect whereof I clrtim it right to be electei , rind ofrriy tit e thereto, and that the said property is for trt own use tin ls,

fit, rind is ofthe value of Fifty |'ouni clear over and above all iricrimbrrrticra thvtl affect the 8:1I7ll', rind that the same hath not been conveyed or granted to tire t'r:.tudult.-ntly, on purpose to qualify tire to be elected for said 'ct. So help trrc (Rod. Now suppose the Deed was [rerf-ctly good in all respects. and that it would be itnpnssililc to call its validity in question tiittler the Registry Act; ltlll it constituted no qriiililiczitintnfor not one penny ofthe purchase money had het‘ll paid. 50 long as it was not paid, it wait an cncuitihrrrncc upon tlie pt'operI_t/l it was it “I'll rt;-on it; and, he cared not whether llre payinont of the itrcltase mortcy had literati §i’Clll'(‘tl to the vendor by Nola Of Ian I, llonil, or .1 hundred Bonds; so long as it was not paid, it rernaiircd as a lien upon the land. In :i very popular work “ Siigdeii oti Vi-n.lors and l‘urcliaacr.<,” at work as often found in the ltaII‘l! of laymen having to do with the sale or purchase of estates, as in tltoso of lawyers, the law it as thrislaid down. The hon. and learned member their read as follows:

“ Wltrre s v_sudor delivers poxssion of an estate to u put- £l|I!CI',Vi'ltlIOI.l| IO¢ElViI' lflifl so tI’|'\I’Iey,v.quit_v, —\u|u2t|ieI' the estate be, or be not conveyed, and although there was nrit any special agreeinvrnt for that purpose, and whether the estate be freehold or copyhold,—gives the lender it lien on the land for the money.”

Suppose that the Deed of the land in question had been duly transferred to Mr. Wlielan, by Mr. Dawson, twclvo moo before the Qttli April, 1850; and suppose that Mr. Dawson had liusidea, at the same time, actually put Mr. Wltelsn in posses- _I!Ofl ofthe land; it was clear that, as the purchase tnonvy was hot piiiil, there was a lien upon the land; and that it could not son-titute, in Mr. Whelin, the qunltli--aitioti required by law, because he dill not possess in it a property of the value ot'J.'50 clear over and above all cncitirrbraiiccs. Now then, wli-.rt was the estate in fact? Nothin; brrt an tiszrrcrneirt tn convoy an cs- tato on the paytrient of :1 certain Spt‘ClliL".l sum of rriom y; thus when he took the oath, at two rlilft-rciit li.r.cs, he hail neither the estate itsclf,oritny valuable interest in that estate? N.-iv rt great deal had b.-on said about the value of the land; but all that had l)t)t'fl,0I' could he, arlvttnceil on that l.t::t<l was quite trtri,t;ilor'y. He (Mr. Palini-r) lt.td indeed called evirli-rice for the purpose of showing that the land in question was not of value llllil.‘ll)I'll. to constitute it qualijicatioir; but when, after Mr. Divvson liarl given his evidence, he found that there was no fri-oliuld in Mr. \Vhelart to value, he saw all. once that his (.\lr. l,ill‘l|t'|"S) case was made out by the evidence of Mr. Dawson alone. The frcrltold had been in ‘Mr. Dawson tintrl lllr. 1).iwinrr and his wife transferred the Devil ofit, by endorsement, to ;\It. \Vht-. Ian on the 24th April, I859, it innntlt after Mr. Wltclriri hail sworn to his qrtiltfrcation and liirl takori his seit in tho Astoni- bIy,aa being; lerally qualified to sit tlicrcin,in right of his posses- sion of a freehold, ntthough that fri-elrolil had not then been on... veyed to hi rt. After having It-ear r. awson s evi- dence, he (Mr. P.) saw that it was qiiilc unricccsstry for hint to offer any evidence as to the itrsufftciciii-y of the estate, with respect to value, to constitute a legal qiialificatiriti; and he hail Muted so to the Chairman rind also to his friends on his right and left; and had only iifti-rwards called the witness-‘a in do- fsrsncc to the opinion of his friends, who thought that it might be said,in case he did not,liy those to whom he stood opposed in the matter, that he was afraid to allow them to give their testi- mony. If the property but been of the value of £500, it would have been the same; for, ll Mr. Whelan was clearly not in possession of it, either as a freehold or as u leasehold, and cer- tainly had it not in saizin, for twelve months before tlictime of his tzikeing Illa qualification oath; and, in fIOl.,\tIIl not,rn any of those ways possessed ofit at all, so as to derive rt lcgwl qua-

lification from it; for, to that end, the freehold in him Cleiir of I

incutnltranccs could commence to reckon only from the time at which he paid the last instalment ofthe purchase money which was only a ft-iv days ago. With respect to the value of the roperty, were it at all material to the due consideration of the question to be determined, it would still, he thought be as dill- pult to ascertain it, as it was before any evidence concerning it had been ivou. On the one aidcthc witnvascs had said, they did not tbinlt it worth £50; whilst. on the other, it had bet-It laid that it was worth that sum. But what Mr. J. R. lloitrlre had said on that score ought not to be forgotten. Ile had siirl he was present at the Sheriff’s sal,anil that be it onlil not have allowed it to go for £0, iflie had thought it was worth more. Mr. I-lsssard who owned land nearly adjoining it, and who had examined it had said, that he would not give .€I0 for it now; und Ir. Kelly who had also survo or! part of it would not ven- lure is say it was worth £t5. ut the virtue had been render- ed iruuitsrial to the question, for there had been no fist-hold in also not any beneficial interest to value. All that he had held an s promise ofa freehold on the payment of £50, which had hung over it as an encumbrance on the property un- til vvithiri the lust tsonth. The question of valus had been on- tirely Iupuruerled by urbut had trsnspirsd in evidence concern- ing the sgroenisitts, said to have existed, the transfer of the Dual on the Nth. April, I850, and the payment of the last in- utsliusrit of tbs purchase iuotiey about two tvssks aao. It rest- ed with tbs Cautrilttos then to say Ivlutlior Mr. Whslan was or was sst qua‘ when he took his asst In tho Assembly on ‘lib larch tltr Its (fir. I’ |l0WIVOfI"lIl ihs qrissus would not as 1 Is that vvqr but that the Co-Iittsu guru" spas to dssldb wlmtiorhs Mv.‘P.) trail soassulsrt in sltalrllshlrig s dlurgsd ‘ ,.- ish bu (Mr. Psliurv) tusintaiiisd bis vvordc, lf corrstlly taken down uosld not liars ldrutilsd with Mr. WbslIu,—bo vr

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P"“l“"°‘l llltlienlly '0 mlllllll l’; arty censure wlticlt the House V

rniulit dcerii it just to impgse upon liitri, for the vi-ry improper

eius, and have longed for an opportunity to ttVe|I,Q8 the insult. f the accusation wi-re true, what should he be? lle would be

and unparlianiciit-try '_-..ngn;,ue_ into the ,,ue,-.n.c,- of winch he‘ the most degradcil bi ing in the cornuiunity. He would he ex-

h «ti been bctravgil, under lb: irttluciirc of deeply wounded and highly eXC".lt.’dil't:elltl,.',!-

The Hon. Mr. Wlll“.LAN then mac, and Ipolte to the fol- lowing cli'ect:-—Mr. Chaitrn:in,I will not, at this advarirerl ll°';‘i‘ of the evening, dwell at any very considerribl length rrpoir the variortri topics presented to my "Iltttl by this etiqttiry. lndcvd I might safely ri-train frutn trespassirig upon your stteiituui at all; and, l't‘l_)'ln: upon the _ju.~'|ii'e of rrty case, and my t‘0ll' sciousness of innocence, leave the ili-termination of the enquiry

iii the hands of the tliiinnrittee. Wllll the full coiivictton in my own mind, tlr.it they will give sncha verdict, as will ctttttltl€l'=l)' exonerate me from the foul a<per.~'ion which has been cast riprin ttiy character. Some rerntrrlrs, however, which have just been ‘dtlrcsildth to the Coinrnittei-, require some replyfrutii lllt‘, but I will not insult the good sense and ittdepeiidr.-tit judg- ment of the Cortiirtittee by ciiriilescettilittz to native. by tttI_\ rlirect replication, the deceptive aratltnrnls. based _“|"’“ qrtilfile and eqriivircation, at rl snstriined hy all the aophtstical art of tlic spi-cizil plearli-r, which have been hrotwlil ftttt-\'tIt'tl to invalidate tn) qrralilicatirrri, ‘ill :i rrii-mbcr of this Assembly. As to my position before this Conimitlee, it is one of the most ttuvcl and rinpreccdeuti-d in \\'lllt'l| any member ofa legislative- body has ever been placed. \\'ithont ltsivinr bet-.n guilty of , any violation of law or of tltll_\‘, l rim placed as I criminal before tliust-, with whom I have an indcfi-a.~ibla right to stand upon it looting of perfect eqtiirlity, its a duly qnaltlii-d and duly

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clrosca reprc'=c.it:itivu of t'ie people; and I uni placed in this h

position by one, who has no right to accuse me, and whose clirirge against me, I feel convinced the Cotnmittee are already . lilll_V vatisfieil, have no fttttt.t.l:tIl0Ii either in fact or in law ; and I wliicli, the Iii-_zhi-at forensic talent, could it have been prosti- I tot:-d to the disingeuiious support of so bad it cruise, would fail to sustain, before any lioni-st. and inilepeirdent jury, possessed I of merely ordinary rlisccrtiinent and common s:i;_-acity. It the prtictice nfllio Irnperi ll l’.irli:tirtctitjiistif_'/ so llttlvcttttttts tttt assault up in the rights and privileges of one of its tnembr.-rs? llhtiik nut. Ihws even the more lax, and perhaps less digiti- I tit-il, ri.~‘:ig-'5 of Coloitiil a'\‘Sl'llIl)llL’S, afford any pri-ct-dviit fur 7 so a|".lltl.|ry and iitqriisitotial a proceeding.’ No: ll‘l’t‘fltll.tl' and I ll|tlECOf0tl!l as their proceedings may §UllIt.'lltllt'3 lN‘.l lfcllcw l I might s;,{,,l_,~ mi,-tn, that the records of r:o:i.: of them \\'tll all“,-vryil ‘ an t'X'.tttiplt‘ of any sitn'il.rr oirtra-_vc upon the inilrvidual pI'-’\'l- I li-got of a representative of the people, or upon the collective dignity of the Agge.;,l,|_\-, And how has.so great an ontr.-cc hccn accumplisli-,-ill lly the iristrirncrir.iltiy of a single Sec- tion ofthe Eli-ctirizr Law, which gives to any individual ttic_nr- ber of the House, who mixht wantonly and malignsntlv wish to insult and annoy a fellow member, power toldernaud the production of his qtt'.ilifti:-.tinn, and to call for an investigation «if its validity. This is the first time, that a ('0'.Il’$c.-50 ultetl_\ repugnant in every manly, honorable, or noble Ice-ling, has been pursued by a member oflhis lloirse, aiid,l hope the issue of the enquiry, and the manner in which the House will testify their tlisapprobation of it, will tend to make it the last. Hi- cmrld - n0t—-(continued the hon. tnenrltei)——bec.iuse it was hidden friim him, except by outward lnalllfrsllllioll, rntdeitalie strictly to analyse the cnrtiposition of that mind which had de- vised the inquisitorial and hateful claua-, which C()llft‘l’lt‘tl so rrtiivurtuntalilc a. power, upon any mcitrlier of the Assembly \\'lltit might desire to irtdrilge his whim or cnpriize, or choose to gratify his tniligtiit_v,iri the cli.rr:r'ti-r ofa public 'rl(‘.t.'Il8t'I’ : littt rtairt he was, that such ti mind must be wholly destitute of all the tine and more ciirrohlirig fceliirgs of llllm-ttl nature. lI\\'iI.~‘ .'I clauu: which gave one rt.-an n tni-.~t tllljllfillll-till‘: pnvicr over the co:ivr.-rrtiotirrl and coristitrtttotial ri~_g!.tsuf:irrot|tcr, in the very lti_;lii*st l;ll:lfll(:l."I‘ vi illt which he (‘v'i|’ll«l he lIlti't'Slt.‘tl by his fellow men, that of n 1.-._gis!;it«~rr and ii l"t‘]|l't)Sf‘lllIIli\'e of the people. It gave one man power to destroy.’ pith impunity, the moral life of another, against whom his inaligitity mittltl lie |'0'|Setl by the ranklin-.',s cIl<_{t‘tltlct('tl in his hosnnt by ilisrippoiittcil ain- bition, tlt'fcllL‘«l intri.-,iti-5, and political lttlnllil-lllr‘ll3i tltttl ll bare. lil all its f.-atrircs, the tt|"Sl. rrnrriist.rk:rb‘c cvitli-rice of its lit-trig the le,;itSrri.ilc olfspririg of a mind prune to every tpcrivs of tyranny and n-,iprcssiun. hunk to the cotis<‘q'tt'nc«'S of sricli :1 Law to hint, (ilorr. Mr. \Vlie-lzrri), to the piiltlii‘, and to the lIon<e! .v\ Ill:-tlIl)"l' of the llorisc hall lhottnlil proper to rise, and by irrpliczit-uri, tr Cllllfflc ltiiri with the foul, the rli-testable crime of perjury. 'I'lie chirgc was not, nor c.Iuld it he, (‘on- fiitr-d to the Ilnrrsc, lu Cliarlolti-town, or even to Princi- Cdwnrd Island. It had been llltltlt‘. iii the ltearitrtl 0l':ill the rrteIn- bers and of all the strangers iii the House ; rind, by their in- strumoritnlity and thiit of the in-wspnperr-. would—unfoundcd and itnsuxtaiitcrl by cvtili-nce, as it w:H,—-tinrl its way, not only l'll0 cwry corner of the Island, brrt into and throirehortt every Pl()\'lllC.‘ and coutitry with which we lnnllll-tlfl political and C-"lfl'llf.‘l’l'.lfll intcrconrsc. And little to him, to his faintly, or his ft'lt‘n‘lB, might it avail, with respect to many at it tll8l.'tflCt', arriongst wliurrr the uiifoundrd 'c'.ilurnny might be circulatrtl. that it was afterwards most Illlittipltalllly trfuletl. l\lany who rni-,;ht sea the riccusation, might rivver lt'ltl’Il that it Ir.-i-I be--It proved to be a most uirjiistitiable and villarioiis sliiridrr; and, wherever his name was lttiown, it might, must ntrjuslly, hi- coupled with the infamy. Not only was the foul ttlatld--r carried into the hosom of his family ; but it would be circulated in every circle and every country, in which he had friends or relations. Not only was it calculated to injure an-I embarrass him in his business connrxions abroad, by destroying his I credit; ntt only was it calculated to woiinil_an arus hirn,at 3 ptrscnt; btit the evil’, arising [from the wide-rtpread, though I most nnw.irt-tinted cal-rmny, might ‘prove prejir-licial to hi.- tumtty gnu hi. Mme, long after he hrtns-lf should have passed H", {mm the 3.”-thly gush, And by who‘u hail the foul and unjustifiable calutnny been altered! Bv one who vi'ell.ltnevv that no legal proceedings could hit iufitilutetl Iltttilltll ltlm l"l’I the nit--rance of it within the sanctuary atliirileil him by | WI walls of that House. 'I‘list m:tit—ho upohr! a«lvisedly—thatl man would In 3, bold villain who, not of doors, would dare to‘ accuse a member of the House of the foul crime of perjury -