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stld nev'"e. ,
el se eu Lord of that opinion, that he not only used t ( e.t midnight. On their arrival in the town they were to
ten i
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the ' "4,, lie t. • % •e ' s"- ' ' - - •- • . ' . • ,
to 1 mien lei c"-" tslaa ell in his, ea ass t I ' , . •-• t ' .i -s,;r.ir - :i : s is:l ,i aai he
septible eased. The House would recollect the feeling in stopped, and its non-arrival was to have been the signal at
Sf fleeelc,, dat the time the men were under the rentence Birmingham and the northern districts that they had posses-
ainielt salon.
tilt tit:
ile favouTr
ohferae was a petition signed by about four sion of the town, and a general rising of the people was to
free pardon. It was not to be denied follow.—( Hear.) Now, what were the facts proved ? At the
executed ntentinn of the Government was to have the prisoners trial, the Crown was represented by the present Lord Campbell,
het the ;the scaffold, it was well known, had been prepared, : who was then AttorneyaGeneral, and by the Solicitor-General,
lief
r:„
,ecutioner was ordered down, and he was there in the present Member for Worcester. Chief Justice Tindal, a
'%liteethathee, to exercise his calling. Whet was it that pre- most able, distinguished. aed hue-cant, Judge, chirped the jury
Nit g„f tr execution? it woo well known that but for the Orion that occasion, and in that charge he characterised the
ill) b the Pe"Pleof
4. see - this counts y they would most undetibt- offence as ore of high treason. During the trial the prisoners
Olsten been executed. So iteent erre her .slsjesty's had a 1 the advantages of having for their defence most able
'sllkk had .earrying out the sentence, that sir Frsderiek ' and learned counsel ; that defence stood unrivalled for legal
i%enaZt,iewaited six times upon ti e Secretary of State for ingenuity. and evary source of legal eloquence and law uses
1:111; hold
eunt igt!.rtment, and the result was that he could not he exhausted in their favour. The jury weighed well all the
et.; hwn_
~he slightest hopes for a remission of the sen- evidence with the greatest care and deliberation, and the result
;ken:al. ula as he could not make the 'lightest impression of that deliberate care was a verdict of guilty. Here the
'is ei„ _ After the sixth interview of the Learned Gentle- . Right Hon. Gentleman read an extract. from the sentence of
tts eu the
it nia tri Government,t‘ he waited upon Lord Brougham the Learned Judge, which was to the effect that the offsnee of
him,thry I can make no impression on these man, and high treason had been clearly proved against the prisoners, and
(Ord I:at-he
will be sacrificed." The Noble and Learned sentence of death was passed' upon them. He (Sir James
tv, aid to ',..
9 ate him, 'Go again and say to them that if they Graham) then continuesi to say, that a difference of opinion
Se the
k..,"ygrntsort illegally extreme toenail of the sentence, they will be ' having, however, arisen with regard to the slide: legality of
and unconstitutionally, and the men will be the sentence, in consequence of the point raised, her Majesty
2 41. th-red 1 eat said
.. , i executed, for it is against all law." It was . was recommended to commute the sentence to transportation.
i`..trkt,,,..E,% the time, th t the men ought not even te Now, let him ask the House to consider whether that, sentence
erntre"e,9, for they had been convicted against the law of was one which ouht to be remitted. He did not with to aggra-
in seeteetteueit would be a transportation most illegally. After i vale the case, bullet him remind the House, that in conse-
Zin
wna., had keen romirdited to transportation. fresh i quence of Frost having been considered a person possessed of
made by the public to prevent that punishment I great influence in that part of the country, he had confided to
esiisog earned
fee sers sh out. The Government said then that if the I him her Majesty's commission for the preservation of the peace,
conduct themselves well while abroad, after a and that confidence he had abused in the manner already known
itte Ypeetrrdsor tuhuerlde might possibly be a chance for their having a to the House, and therefore, in considering the justice of 11:s
~_te Wain: The unfortunate men were sent out to New sentence, he could not overlook this gross breach of confidence.
Zia bale;' and they were for two or three years kept work- —( Hear, hear.) Nor could he stop here, for he should call
Zing ekn-gangs. It was well known that in this country the attention of the House to the providential circum •
'Otte, Dean amnesty took place upon any great public re- stance that the night upon which this descent was to have
Oily hi,u they treat prisoners so in France ? England was been made upon Newport was dark and tempestuous,
ieeesir'lece Where, at the times of great public rejoicing, and this, he thought, showed the special intervention of Divine
01`.ale,thae Pardons granted. On the birth of the Prince Providence, for it prevented those people from entering the
IC.,3lpree!re Nere to be sure some pardons, but not to po- town before day-break.—( Hear.) When the columns of men
stiof the Look at France on the occasion of the ex- arrived in the town, one of those columns was ordered up to a
telitililitepuee rrince de Joinville, there was a partial amnesty certain point by Frost, who, let him (Sir J. Graham) remark,
"trY, and political as well as other prisoners were was not to be found at the head of that column, but lie was
*re' All of those political prisoners were Bonapartists. found in a hiding-place. How much of the sentence of those
eathleaa s° Me of those who attempted, with Prince Louis prisoners had already been enforced? Only five years. Now,
ittnandtittle carrying out of a mad attempt to upset the according to all the ordinary rules of such cases, it wa! not
ne_rtle: a,stY of that errantry. That Prince was not to be usual to commute such a sentence until after the expiration of
etit sect but
L. poeti ' he hoped that he soon would be, as well as at least ten years ; but in the present case, considering the
iinesaieteal prisoners. The pardon of Frost, Williams, and circumstances under which the punishment had been inflicted,
Ltillt NI a,,b in accordance with the feelings of the people he certainly could not recommend to her Majesty that it should
IC' rirearY• He knew there was great alarm abroad in be commuted. He was far from not sympathising with per
titli bed !on this subject. He regretted much two letters sons condemned to punishment, but in this case he should say,
'llenia,Peen written by the Hon. Member for Edinburgh that all his sympathies were enlisted on the side of the widows
tellies "tuents, wherein he assailed those unfortunate men, anti orphans that had been made by the conduct of Frost.—
$e aat g them great criminals. He (Mr. Duncombe) (Cries of " Hear, hear.") He did think that this sentence
Isle Bane deny that they were great criminals, but should be allowed to take its full course, in order to show to
lijrtle'arahle Member for Edinburgh, in these others, who, though bold in counsel, were not so in action, or
Motee?' stated that they had not been sufficiently punished. foremost in the ranks they urged on, that when the
to hi .
ettw
.13 constituents that the petitioners for the pardon law reached them they would be sure to receive punishment.—
te,ol 'litmus, and Jones, were men whe wanted to cause a (Hear, hear.) Far be it from him to say that mercy ought
s e anon in the country. Now, with respect to the pri- not, in certain cases, to be exercised, but under the present cir-
LAsee ett(Mr. T. Duncombe) believed that their object was cumstances he could not recommend her Majesty to remit the
Oen great moral demonstration when they assembled at sentence.—( Hear, hear.)
Clot t, But men with arms in their hands it was impos- Mr. MACAULAY, whose opening observations were not
Osti. t'ost and his fellow prisoners to restrain. He felt that audible in the gallery, was understood to say that there existed
tteaslelnber for Edinburgh had acted Mat unjustly to- no connexion whatever between the letters produced, as some
lies d the intentions in his letter, and that he most unjustly cha- Hon. Members were disposed to think, as the letters had been
.e intentions of a large mass of persons signing the written at different periods • and though published, he doubted
Ne l'ineh he (Mr. Duncombe) had presented to that if they could in any way influence' or prejudice the case then
`k ' Tee -
iteltassi Right Hors. Member said that the national peti- before the House. With respect to the first of these
cileakgried by men whose sole object was to create a na- letters, of 1842, he thought it would be very much out of place
telt_ttle sruPtn, and that to give them their claims would be were he then to go over the grounds which he did on the for-
VM, t,'S to put a razor into the bands of a man who said he mer occasion ; but he could not refrain from saying that these
Otter cut his own throat. (Here the Hon, Member read letters contained not a single observation or word by which
Oa: alluded to.) He felt that the Right Hon. Gentle- lie was not then fully prepared to abide —(Hear, hear.)
ctilett,,,r:inst unfairly used his (Mr. Duncornbe's) name in However, he would not suffer himself to be turned away from
1/41 whe ''; 'lnd with respect to placing a razor in the hands of a the line of discussion, but would merely ask Hon. Gentlemen,
tillttee 'rushed to cut his own throat, he (Mr. D.) wished he and simply request each of them who entertained a doubt on
Ltlassti'iear the Right Hon. Member's hand at the time he the statement, to fully enter with him on the consideration of
Vekse? write those letters, for he would most certainly the matter.--( Hear, hear.) Now, setting aside the
kil%aree,in him the pen. —(Lauehter.) The Hon. Member question of the
he
rs by which, he repeated, he was pre-
Useless' the petition, said he did not think that that &mu- pared to stand, he should declare that he had a preliminary
tlit,.'ed the name that had been applied to it by the objection to the motion of the Hon. Gentleman, Mr. Dun-
crissee-ae Gentleman. It complained of a monopoly of the combe. He had a strong objection to any interference by
Venni' Monopoly of religion.—(Laughter.) etas there that House with the exclusive prerogative of the Crown. No
,Olier f"Poly of religion? If his Honourable Friend, the doubt the House had a right to advise her Majesty, through
Vlloenier !-lirminghem, Newt present, he would say there was her Ministers, as regarded the exercise of that prerogative
SKeY in that. He much regretted tee absence of his but certainly discretion should impose a restreaint in such
is
tai:l Captain Rosen for he had prominel to vete for the cases that they should not overlook or disregard. He ad-
klt, ia . ()se prisoners, and he had written a letter to that misted that there were torn.- prerogatives vested in the Crown,
%le i'swer to an application meat tiumerout.ay and re- in the exercise of which Ministers would be much to blame
lonei, 4ed by the people of Westminster. He (Mr. if they did not seek 'the a !vice of that House—such as
e) would read that lever- It wa• as folloes i—n It matters connected with the commatid of the army, and other
S'ilesei rue great pleasure to vote for the release of Frost, important branches, in regard to waich the House should be
liNitesiv'e and Jones, and lam 3r,.., that they are more likely most chary. It was through no superstitious feeling for the
ktt,„t pardon from Sir It. Peel's Government than birth of a Prince of Wales that treason prerogative was
itti er Ministry." He
He(the Hon. Member for Fins- prayed to be exercised ; but the was obvious, for it
ts,e'rt ef thin opinion also. was sure that the-, would have never was exercised save at the advice and by the recommenda-
Ai tieeli'alee of pardon through the instrumentality of the lion of these with whom the respensibility of the safety of the
One i,it• Baronet than through any other Minister. He community rested.—( Hear, hear.) Jr was a sol mn anti
1,-"temi silt Sir F. Pollock% condom towards these men was awful duty to be charged with the trust of the public peace;
e%itsesprane, and so certain was he at the time that the to preserve peace ad oder to society and property, and at
Idol: ware under the sentence of death, that that sentence the same time to dons with the smallest infliction of suffering
kpiet'e'e tarried into execution, that he went and took leave compatible with the attainment of the great end and object.—
tZ. the Ji their prison.—( Hear, hear.) It hail beers ( 'sear, hear.) Now, his view of the question was this—he
1.,4 it was never the intention of the Go- conceived that the prerogative of mercy was less likely to be
liZetl, b of that day that those men should be abused when exerted in conformity with the advice of those
k kid tif that had been the case would that Hon. and whose high and important duty it was to watch over the public I
Fisk entleinan have paid them such a visit? Supposing security and the public peace, than if it depended upon the
Ili Tress and Learned ‘ iember for Cork hart been tried for birth of a Prince or Princess Royal. —( Hear, hear, and a
that'll- could
and convicted—and it had been said in that laugh.) But if once the precedent of an abuse of that privi-
taat'lle could have been tried for that offence—supposing loge were set, by that House entertaining every prayer that
1 he had, would he not hare been k
deprived of that might be presented by Honourable Gentlemen on behalf
Miie" . in his case, most justly set aside the verdict of their constituents, they need have no apprehension
cse of sieted bin. If Frost, Williams, and Jones, had the of its not being largely followed up —(Cries of " Hear, hear.")
tse, aPaPeal they also would have had the same issue as in Were there no scenes occurring in the country that might serve
4
1 ,I'4 that Hon. and Learned Member. He had said, to act as warnings against the exercise of such a sympathy ?
%ara", in all her rejoicings, released not one of her There were such scenes in abundance. They had the case of
tleaerisoners. To be sure they had done so in one case, the hypocrite who, about twelve months since, had been con-
Its if'. were the Canadian rebels as they were termed. vieted on a charge of poisoning an unfortunate woman, who was
01,4141 a vast difference between the offence of those pri- bound to him by many ties, and in whose favour was pleaded
svnea„.nthat of Frost, Williams, and Jones. The Canadians religious character, standing, society and position, yet they had
essi"ta,d in arms fighting against her Majesty's troops— petitions crowding the table, praying the exercise of the royal
t.a,,,,_nen had committed much bloodshed, and had carried prerogative. Again, had they not learned and pious dignitaries
ss-"'iS for some time through that country; but the unfor- interfering for an unhappy woman, and representing her as an
eltisre 'inners in whose behalf I appeal to you had no such excellent woman, one who would be most invaluable in the
04. nor indeed had their offence given such colonies, as a teacher of morality, a woman, in fact, perfect in
kitilie, etian, yet how great has not been their punishment. all the cardinal virtues, save that she mixed a quantity of arsenic
eatild ask was, that the case of Frost, Williams, and in her father's breakfast one morning?—(Hear, hear, and
S%CCM be taken into consideration in proportion as it laughter.) Now if the House interfered in these matters, every
th. found that they had the public voice, the public lion. Gentleman would be constrained and required to prea.en't
teeiseei and the public wishes with them. He thought he petitions, praying the clemency of the Crown on behalf of the
e - sUfAcient proof that this was the fact, and if he had most serious offenders ; so that it was absolutely necessary to
11'1n wauld say he sincerely hoped that the Right Hon. make' a stand on the present occasion. As regarded the
k(lll.b.tdd give his moat serious attention to the subject. clemency of the Crown, he would much rather entrust
oat tincornbe) would not say one word more beyond it in the hands of the worst Ministry, than to
IZ,Sees e would add his most ardent prayer to that of the the best House of Commons. There was a plain
Le , and he would now conclude by saying that lie course before them ; and while they had a Minister in whom
to bege leave to move that an humb:e address from this they could confide, and in whom they did not declare their
presented to her Majesty, praying that her Majesty want of confidence, it was their plain duty and evident wisdom
11-tie pleased to consider the prayer of the peti- to leave the question in his hands; and as far as he was concerned
lk,
'lead presented in favour of the restoration of Frost, he could not contemplate why the present measure should meet
4 elk ' and Jones, to their native land, their families and with support. If he should be at all influenced to interfere in
ikiJ. such cases, it would be in the event of such severities being
ill, GRAHAM said he should be extremely sorry indeed practised, as were exercised in the reign of James 11. Some such
iSet,pisting this motion, one word should fall from him case as that would make the blond boil ; but was the present
IVI ited by acrimony or ill feeling.—( Hear, hear.) He that description of offence ?—( Hear.) What were the einem-
-74 ;greed with the Noble Member opposite that they stances? Three fellows assemble together four thousand or
ieaProach,,the consideration of this question coolly and five thousand men, armed—some of them with guns, scythes,
1. 4telY, and without the slightest regard to party or pikes, and other deadly weapons. They march at midnight,
til
I,k4t-giatuerenees,_( Hear, hear.) On that ground he (Sir attack a house, fire on the Queen's troops, and wound one of
Vtditra) regretted that the Hon. Member should have her Majesty's justices of the peace while in the discharge of his
liiiStir eessary, in support of his argument, to have thrown duty—and wound him badly also.—(" Not badly,' from an
tiene ea_ance other cases of a somewhat similar description, Hon. Member.) Unless his (the Right Hon. Gentlenian's)
leNsitZen regarded more or less favourably. He was ready recollection served him badly, Sir Thomas Williams was badly
0 ii:iat the"number of petitions- which had been presented wounded on the occasion.—( Hear, hear ) Now what was the
Sstitlejtiase upon this subject were very large.—(ilear, hear.) object of the movement? • Was it not intended to have been
yteneadmit also, that the memorial to her Majesty, which general ?—( Hear.) It had been proved in evidence that the
it lig;iuted last year, in favour of Frost, Williams, and Jones, object was to excite to a general rising and he should assert
s,i',4el:l by a very large portion of the working classes. that the language of Chief-Justice Tindal on the occasion was
Nih'' bound to say that the course which the Govern- by no means too strong or too severe. Let them imagine
E‘i 'Of ,„taken with reference to those convicts, was the the fearful struggle that might have ensued between the two
4' lea Presentations made upon the most mature considera- parties which the outbreak woull of necessity call up ; no man
Vittne`ae circumstances of this peculiar case. He did not that they had ever read or heard of could convey to them an
'`riati-rnpeteney or tie right of parties to interfere for a adequate notion of its ferocity. The ware of the White and
Ike" this sentence, but he would say that in all cases of Red Roses, or of the Cavaliers and Roundheads, would bear no
is'etni rfl'renee, or remission of sentence, they should be comparison with the scenes that might' and would result from
cla il frith discretion ; such interference or remission that awful outbreak were it not s r speedly crushed.—( Hear,
n 1 Dot he lightly undertakes, and the line of demarkation hear.) All that tie- imagination could conceive could not
Vtise-itt shonld be strictly observed. In all cases where come up to the reality; and a shock would have been pro-
%iiittslf the
benevolent. prerogative was exercised, all the dueed, certain to be felt, not alone throughout England, but
fiettt t b-r.',thevage s;:7llde be carefully considered and well throughout the universal world, the consequences of which
agent of the Government. In the would in ages to come be deplored by their children and their
ilk11:' s li::: eh 5 r ews This 'nos shrink from that responsibility.— childrens' children.—( Hear, hea.r.) Such were this objects
itts taissi•e The Han. Member in his speech had described which the unfortunate men had in view. on whose behalf the
N!4i,4ei,. as misguidtsd and unfortunate men. That they House was then solicited to interfere ; hut. would
Ver,,,."ett he fully concurred with the Hon. Member, for the House treat the case leniently?. Before it did so it should
Iteeilibeheeting under the directions of those who should have first inquire what the motives were that impelled the unfottu-
, Le'"e better advice ; but that they were unfortunate he nate men to act as they had done. Was their motive a trifling
N‘ittltt„. iop
Habib- crimes
their lives had been spared. Taking into con- one ?. Quite the reverse.-7( Hean.hear The 'rime was one
IN liatee crimes of which they had been convicted. which that included all other crimes against society.). He spoke not
1 tits` to the punishment of death, he did con- then of the unhappy multitude engaged in the outrage, but, of
taaer," they were fortunate in not having the the ringleaders, to nhom severity should be practised. Ihe
ti-,;'), of the law carried out, but to have motive of Frost lie doubt was success, and the hope of changing
e, es, it' Crimea with a less punishment than that his position from a linendraper to the protectorship
\sten 3' were now undergoing, would. he conceived, of the kingdom—the leading Member of the ' Committee of
kes is ta highly dangerous course to pursue. That the public safety, a second Robespierre, possessing boundless means
Cstle al' of the remission of their sentence was strong of gratifying his love of distinction and flattery of the highest
letal' h" admitten, but he did not agree with the Hon. degree—that was the motive which he believed impelled him.
/sltit% (cat the feeling was universal. But he begged So --(Hear and a laugh). Now, was it possible that that House
t,tt lista iitturahle Member that there was a large body of could think of awarding less punishment to the men. convicted
ttti:itaa ales who entertained the opinion, that the sentence of high treason, and of the intention to subvert society,. than
likkilakteajt and enould nit be remitted. Her Majesty's would be awarded a mere clerk for the robbery of his ern-
, Nit` entertainesel the same opinion, and they had the ployer's till .or a shopman for the abstraction of a few yards of
4 etkiriee that juaeice had been done. The Honourable ribbons ?—( Hear, hear.) It was impossible that there could
',4to Stated that this conviction was not a legal one, be an end of crimeeunder the existence. of such temptation.
L. •441 jstated very erlearly and accurately the point of law unless the punishment bore some proportion to the crime cam-
\4
\lisii iet.ten raised i 5 favour of the cony:eta at the Special mitted. The Canadian rebels had been instanced ; but there
let had Rut it sh.euld be remembered, that though the was no analogy between the cases, for as regarded them, the
kkil: % Li been aeeseeed of high treason, every ad- ringleaders were hanged, and then an amnesty granted ;
tool ''''' been afforded them, such
.as. getting whereas, in the present . case the ringleaders
:4,. It witnesses, copies of the indictments, had not been hanged, whilst an amnesty had
haegare.
%a) n't arerevral welt known that preceding. intdhieetmtreiaoltsthaesb granted. t
aalbsouu t beentr o h )conceniveed hewhasad snalidt
yi
se
hcaos I (tiettr
(‘S tlallsigbleanazftieurusthteo ilo iebseeuni h
found by the grand sufficient inuvindication of what he had set out with. He ap-
sii) 41 aolicinni-Ger..eral, who appeared on behalf of the proved of the part taken by Right Hon. Gentlemen opposite,
)00)jel equally anxious tel do so, and accordingly they had and he trusted the House. would not interfere to wrest from
Y also
6," days berore the last day for greeting thcm, the Crown the exercise of a great and high prerogative.—
et.. Its a asad the lists of the witnesses within the limited (Hear, hear.)
1N1.1,-, thtlerence to this subject, the point raised at the Mr. DISRAELI said he was very glad that the Hon.
ketiitlt oast the delivery of the copies of the indictments and Gentleman, who had just sat down, had vindicated his letters.
snt itt hawrittnesses west- not simultaneous—that was the it was always to him (Mr D.), as also, he felt, to the House
~leit via all ',eh,een reserved. The Hon. Member had said, agreeable to listen to 3 the Honourable Gentleman vindicate
% les %" be a right ,of appeal in criminal cases as well these celebrated letters,. which produced an effect at
kvt‘ 'II4IIW-101 he had instanced. Now he (Sir J. Gra- the time not yet quite forgotten. He wished other
hold d Say that •
se ~e, in reference to this point, he never Honourable Gentlemen, filling as eminent a position
~ As th ea 1"' the expaseta tion that there should be an as the Right Hon. Member four Edinburgh, would rise arid
ift;lase I tile
o"e alluded p 1
oin cases of this description. Now vindicate other letters which had very mtre li influence on
inao ,ittt thernion arrived at by the fifteen Judges in re- public opinion. He believed if they followed that example
'%l:stirere ei: Pniat reserved?. It was this—nine out of the the present debate would be able to stand comparison with any
t\e te's4litti °Pinion that if the objection had been taken that on previous occasions had occupied their attention. He
11°IV :the 21:: it woul t have been a valid objection, but the begged to assure the House that he trespassed on it with great
4.1'-',u4hr-en judges were untahnoimoonuisl •of opinion' that if reluctance ; but he could not refrain from stating that many
',lt;lialPtii°,,ulcl libaci beenunanimously
tthat would years ago he (Mr. Disraeli) was in one of the smallest
Ntak."llo Air a POStysoot taken,
tt f the trial.—(. Ilear, hear.) minorities that ever came off in that House upon the present
'kit sit-',Ptill‘ter repeat his Postponement
that, considering all the subject; a minority, in fact, of feaur, on which occasion he voted
c Lilt NI" tl ,lrfeurnstancri under which 'the prisoners were in favour of the present identical question. He had not the
A 4 k- tar'r',iant that thes extreme sentence of the law had moral courage to refrain from coming forward to ex-
opinion which he then vindicated by his vote. He,
Niidt:etlitiesitiTt.°u..t against them, they had been most forte- press an
N.-44-45inbe. He no w came to the next point m
had been convicted—it was a
made by however, thought it
.was impossible to put out of view the
0:llte. mer ere namely, that this offence should have been
b la Y as a moral demonstration in favour of
' le UNe,,, crime of which the prisonerse
crime that included all others.—( Hear, hear.) He was bonnd
also to say, that he had ever considered the sentence to which
esekt s -vein
'l,iii', efi'' hure L'E begged to explain what he had stated they had been subjected was as lenient as any sentence. could be
% J. taak bee af I- leo le came down from the hills, for the
A Clll 'art ans P, under the circumstances.—(Hear, hear.) It might be well
said that, in a case where the crime was so awful end the seri-
' 41,0 ee, ek elks. ts ral (remonstration.
tOtt,'lte a:slt was .". I aid he understood the Hon. Member tepee so lenient, it was not the duty of that House to come
i ii`ttftts them ( nlrt°_,.n lake a moral demonstration- Now this forward on the present as on previous occasions. It would I.)e
11,1,11,%', 4: %lett, ci• Graham) to call the recollection of the very ahneeelt to meet an objection. which found syrri.patliyeinr
deeie4 he w' thee transaction, as they were elicited at every breast; but they should consider the circumstances urn
4'llsetlitst 'an erieoald tell them that he entirely concurred which all human teanseetions occurred. On the previous
.oe-
; Og) q,.. V'• thi:vert at by the jury. It would be rememe casino, being time only Tory alentiber that voted in the minority,
sett ,?,1 or I,stat ilisuperio, i, in the mining districts of South he eould not forget that they heed in re period of great political
excitems-ef, pee to ea"lisions'ess ',Prevailed, wages were low, theand that a system called r‘ arestetioni existed
eli,"„thent'e been were high, and general disaffection tip- for several wars, by which men became Bs:nen/el,
1,% 1,, see;dterties silrerse ing, and it was under chose circum- parties had been transferred, and Administrations raised
.to
Qtal'es, :".• It ;‘re -exercising great influence upon the power, the members of which previously held seats at opposite
sanitate _Qin, i_ had ti, aen arranged that Frost, Williams, sides of the House, whether Secreraxica of State or not. he
IThitrlrtriree -diffaeeronee, st• with others, were to divide them- was not going to say.—(Laughter.) That that report had
i Y Was t eat p ashes, each headed by one of those,
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