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S T It A IV G E. ^:et?s BUT «.S2 OP A DAM, FINE, PIECE OF WORK ; ■n'HfCH TOOK PLACE IN WHAT IS STYLED A COURT OF JUSTICE;"; AT LIVERPOOL, N. S. ALSO, OF SOME OTHER THINGS', WHICH TO THE AUTHOR, HAS LOOKED AND FELT VERY JMUCH LIKE PAR-TI-A-LI-TT ! LIKZWISE, OP ^ Some Strangle hind of tMills, AtiTi or THE TOLL TAZEN b'ftOM HIM, FOR BfiINO FINGLX* GROUND IN THEM ; EXHIOITED TO PUBLIC V lEW, IN NINE LETTERS TO TH3 aSAGXSTRATSS OP T2IS COU^^TIT J TO WHICH ARE ADDED, THE AUTHOR'S MOTIVE AND REASONS FOR PUBLISHING THEM. ALSO, AN ADDRESS AND SOME HINTS TO THE PUBLIC ; AND ON HIS NA-'ttE, PLACE, AND PROVINCE, An AcroUie. AND THEN TO CONCLUDE, THERE IS, A SHORT WAY OF ANSWERING BOTH PEDO, AND ANTiPEDO BAPTISTS. i: B? SA2^ZUI2I. E2J1C2C. 6 " Let not ihein tRat are min2 enemies wrougfully rejoice over me ; nffither let them wink witli the eye that hate me without a cause." Said I'avid. in hU prayer to (Hod. But with Stephen, the author says, Lord Jay not these sins to their charge." HALIFAX, N. S. •RINTF.D FOR THE AUTIfOR, AND SOLD AT THE TOOK STORES IN TOWN, AT Is. 3.i SINGLE, OR 12». PER DOZEN. (i|)';j; w ,. r ,r I 1835. i.\ ■ I ^^-^ jT I P AB I* A O B, / I \ ■ ,' 1 ^H i I' ^ To rerofer back money wrongly took, *Tii to the public now, for that I look : I httve tried long enough another way, But it aeercs the money thry will not pay. I now call upon allt both far and near, To read the hiatory that** fetattd here ; Tho truth you'll 6nd in every part. Which, lurtly, ahould dwell in every heart. Now then your hand into your pocket put. From there one ahilling take to buy ihik book : AWfriendato (ruth — I do expect will buy, Bnt alt oibera I think, will feel quite aby. Tour bargain aure, you never will repent. But deh*t you my fnenda let it e'er be lent ; Till I am paid, for what they've took froin me, Which ia good Justice— you may plainly tee. Pcrbapa an English Shtlling it might take. For *ti* too aoon a proper price to make ; But I request, that it may not be lent, Until the whole atock, ia entirely spent. ^Twill enable the author to write again, To expose par-ti-a-li-ty and ain ! Things I would wish to tee destroyed. For a long '.ime, they have, the world aODOyed. A generous public I think I address, But would rather know it, I must confess ; I have heard yon were — yea, time after time — But I would rather know it in this line. Feeling my pockets wii h silver weighed down \ Gathered from friends in village and town : Flocking to buy this pamphlet, of old Mack ; Indeed I'd then, aoon get the money back. And in exchange, you'll get for your money. What will surely be, much sweeter (bin honey '. *Tie the truth — which will always stand the test. Far better than, a pi-ra-ti-eal nest ! *Twillabew how fine the; uid the author s'lnd. And took what toll was pleasing to their mind ; It also showa— how much they have in band. And how often for it, I've made demand. I believe they think, the chief end of man, la to keep what they've got, and get what tbey caa: ; u %. V PREFACE. d. ICtti id •, d, n, Thii d6e0 appear, to be their thonghla indeed, Or, melhinka they'd not, in tuch ways proceed. With one of my old friend* I tpolie to day. At be passed ihiou(;h our vilUge in hit slay ; W« ahook banda together, as in times of old. But ! my feelings, can scarcely be told ! Woald h but hare given any relief, I eould have mourned and wept, with tears of grief! But, for friend or loe — indeed I must not flinch, Frola doing my duty, one aingle inch. ' On his return be called, was very kind— Aod bia paat conduct, came into my mind : ! what feelings, surely, they did excite— For I thought both acted the hypocrite ! Erery honest and impartial man, 1 wiab to have on my aide if I can : Others I little care, which Hide they're oo. For plain ila known, lo whom ihey do belong. Juat for pointing out, the plain naked truth. They try to atop both ray pen and my mouth.; iBut my Maater'a ordera 1 muat obey, iLet either friend or foe, say what they m&y. My conscience tells me that I do rights When against par-ti^a-li-ty I fight ! And also against pi-ra-ti'cal nesta ! * For to the public— they ere. perfect petti ! If any good friend ahould wish to borrow. Please 9ay, buy to day, I'll lend lo-morrow : And though I doubt no>, but you are my friend, * Si'M, tbia pamphlet to day I cannot lead. For it ia requested by its author, That I should not lend it till to>morrow ; .And to pay one shilling surely you might. Indeed I thick 'twill be no more than right. Should it even coat an Englinh i-hilling. To buy it he saya all ahould be willing ; It should be bought in every county. To pay htm a little as a bouuty. Most surely then, be would soon get bit, v.iT, For what ihey d^d nnjuedy take sway ; The Sheriff died, Fifieen Founds in bis hand, -Was the like evei 8«fD iu any land. Aod now, ril leave it for yourselves to juJgCi If one ahillipg for this, that yuu will grudge ; For it states many a curioua thing. And written by — a aingular being. Samuel Mack, most surely ia his name. And often in this piece, you'll aee the same,; For he's not ashamed, hia name to tell, Kor to aay>-be'll surely be aaved from hell.! ^ paiewsifiWPPPfifwiwsiiW^Wffti 7^"'' ' r LlSV^SlSSdfiSa '•♦ LETTERS. 1, 2» Ic 3. I forgot to in«a(ion tbeat lelteri, except in mj fint statement ; Ind I find were they left out eltogeiher, that it would break a link in ;the chain of ihe whole hiaiory. — I wrote one to Jo»eph Freeman and iamea R. D. Eaqri. one to Jamet G. Jamea D. and John B. Eaqra. and one to the Cuatoa ; who wae the only one that gave ihem»elve« the trouble to come and aee the Dam ; and he gave hia opinion, that w« had been dealt too aoTerely by. Aa they are nearly all alike, I ahali only produce a copy of oue, which will anawer the purpoae ; it ia ae followa :- JAME8 GORHAM, JAMES D. AND JOHN B. Eaqna. GCIVTLBMKN, I aend theae few lines to inform you that the water hae fallen again, ao that it can now be teen what aiiuation our Dam ia in, from the alope buamesa. I ahall be glad if you can make it convex Dient, that you cou'd come down to morrow, and aee it with your own •yea, before we repair it : for it will he more convincing to you, than if you were to hear it deacribed by a dozen lawyerf , and aa many in* toreated, and therefore partial committee men. Tour compliance will (I ahouid think) be a aatisfaction to your* salvea, and it will also much oblige Your Humble SerTt. Aogust 1831. S. M. I feel it to be a painful duty, to perform the task that I have un' dertaken : for of courae I may eipect more than ever, to get the ire of iboae roagiatratea againat whom I bring my greatest cbargea ; but, Botwithstanding, I do not feel willing to flinch from what 1 cooaider to ba my imperitive duty. For, it appear* to me, were I atill to put up with, aod bear with the usage I have had for mar>y yeara ; that it would be entailing the same kind of usage upon my children and ny diildren'a children ! which I am not willing to do : and I think it ia high time that a atop ahouid be put to auch oppression and par-ti-a- li-ty !— I would wiah to live peaceably, neighbourly, and friendly, with all men ; but it is not in the power of any faithful servant of Qod, to do that: for they cannot serve God and mammon : neither can they serve (so aa to please) two opposite masters. And those who wish to please and serve God will naturally feel enmity against, and oppose par-tea- li-ty ! (more especially when ground in its mills as fine as I have been.) And whoever opposes par>ti-a«li«ty ! may expect of course, to offend all partial people: but whether it be right to obey God or man, judge ye And to prevent being blamed, as Mr. Howe was, I ahall nor I ^rh tJte real oere •pre yoti corret 6 '■^ ♦.em*"* » ^ link »• man •«<» ,eWM «"• bA« •if '.5} :* ^^e it coote* ' in.oy «o* \\b you to id M ciion 10 jout. 8. M. ,0 6.t li-ty ! Whether it were cu account of hia euperior richea, or hie superior MnsCi or hie superior paran to give a plain 4taiement of the whole affair ; end make aome obfervattona, •nd illustrations, upon some of its parts. And this I ahall do ; not out of revengfl, or, that I e«pect any remunoraiion, for what ia pant ; but out of justice to our character ; and to shew some of the evils of partiality. In the spring of 1837, by complainla being made and a lawyer •mptoyed, by the enemies of our Dam ; thf Court ordered an aperture, or aluice^ to be made in it ; and choose fiva men aa a committea to ^ec that it waa done ; (of these men I ihall aay more hereafter,) and they, thinking that a slope would answer their purpose better than a sluice,* hf got the order altered, so (hat they could have either an aperture, alope! '' OP aluice, which ever they might t'^ink proper. They then appor.ne.l ooe of the committee, and others from the back country, to build » •lope ; and gave them orders to cut (be Dam down ten mchoa, for the 'breadth of thirty feet, and fix a alopx to it the same breadth. And inatead of doing this, in that part of the Dam, where the water waa •halloif, and a rocky bottom to fasten it too, and where it tvould be the least danger of damaging the Dam, if It went away ; and if it dnl go, where the Dam would be the easiest repaired, and where I ad< ■vised (hem to fix it ; they choose th« place where thu deepest water waa, where it would do the most damage if it wont awar ; and where it would cost the most to build it. And in cutimg the Dnm down ten inches according to their directions, th'^y cut the tops of the bearers off, •o (bat there was nothing left of any consequence to hold the tops of the studs, which supported and kept them up. And aboui one half of its breadth, was fastened above ame part had moved down about two feet ; and I could see no possibility for tha( part, if •hy of the Dam, to stand over another winter, unless the slope ntt .*'**' P tut away from it ; and to'd my sons they must cut it away ; or thai • "■' part, if not the whole Dam, would certainly go. I told them th( '^* **•* same at different times through the summer ; but ihey neglected to d' *" ae I told them, till the water began to rise in the fall when they h.v ***• a very disagreeable job to get it done. To assist in cjtting it aws' ®J Ihey took one of our hired men, (a lazy profane wrt-tch.) who afte' **• wards for the sake of getting ten pounds, turned informer.— Hearirp**'*'* that it had been cut away, when the Court sat in October, they adviji**"*"^ tised ten pounds re«vard, to any person who would give ioforiQai:|5"''j against those who did it. V a(J t^i* Soon ifiar this I wai told! by ona nf the j)is>tcei (to whom Sieph«a _ . iritr ihu , ifttrwarda govt information againvt hii brolhur«) that ihe judge ^aid, if h« could dnd out who cut it awaj, lh«t he would make ihem pay one hundred pounda, tod build it up again. The anawer I made wai<, a ▼ery fine ju(h, to make up hiit judgment aii monlba before band, and thai upr ionly hearing one aide of (he buainaae. Boon after the reward waa oiTered, I waa told by one of you. (who pretended great friendihip, to myaeif and familyt^thal you believed, jou bad found out who had cut the alope away; had your friendship led you to haveaaid, (a* I ahould have thought that friendship ou^bt,) I under* •tend that your boya are the onea ; I ahoild >ben have told you the whula affair, bow they had done it by my orJora, for the purpoae of aaving the Dam. And had you (hen acted like a friend, or evon aa a juatice of the peace ought to have acted, (bcre would hava boon a slop put to all that took place aftetwardr. In the spring of 1630, 1 heard for th« firat lime, that the lazy wretch mentioned before, bad, or was gning to inform on nfy suna for cutting the Mlope away, but told iheui, if ihey would give him eight pound*, (hat he would go off (• Halifaz, and from there homo tu Sjdney ; but we rooaidered bia nharaoer to be auch, that he would afterwarda go and liilorm, for the «ake of getting ten pounda mote, and ibeii go off. — Therefore, under there circumetancea, I told my aona, Ihey bad belter go and inform of Ibemaclvea, and explain the whole matter aa I have already attted ; how I gave them ordera to cut it away for the eake of aaving the Dam ; and aaid, that I did not believe, when they would bear the righia of it, thai they would lay iiny fine on them; it would like- wia" preveut that lasy creature from getting ten pounda ao easy. Ac> tordingly,my o'deat son went to Juatice Gorham, and made a corr.p'aint ■gainet his brothere and told him the p»rticulara ta 1 have atated before; and be told my aon, that he expected all would be required, would be for them to build the alope up again, which be promiaed to do, and expected ,tO bear no mora of it. The alope to us, instead of a damage, vnu a great •onveoience in bringing down boards Irom our upper Mill; and it cannot be supposed by any reaaonable peraon, that we above all the families in tbe place (as it was of no use to any other) would destroy a thing that waa of more good than harm to ua; only as I have before said, that it was like to take that part, if not the whole of the Dam away. After my aon had complained of hid bi others, and promiaed to build the slope up again, they expected to hear no more about it, till it waa ihae to have it fixed; and to have some satisfaction upon the wretch, who bod, or waa goine to turn intoimer, my sons caught him in the evening, and put aome tar, (but not coal tar, as I heard he told tbe grand jury that the atop* ^'' it was,) upon his head which' had a cap on at tbo time. And my opinion >^^^^' way \ °' ^^v ilitbat ioatead of which, he justly deserved to be both tarred and feather* cui '^i*inld ^^*^ A "^ ••^over; for betrayini? his trust aa a hired aervant, and knew at tbo go. » B\ecte»i *° aam« time, the necewity there waa in having it cut away, vhey "®*,^ the? ^* Soon after this I went to Halifax, and the informer went in the ) to ^ ions, ^ •, not lat»!f«' ieT't»r«» I to ^e* jd t^«y^ e,a\oV«. ,ppou.'-V ,0 buil^i •* I., «o^ '^\ ^»'*' Tk! K.arefa on, i^ai one "» . ..h*d them 1 ' 'w them v»V.en •' \A never »^ ^*^" f vt not ihoy . ji>d not. nt** low \t \oo Dam, ^^* iked, do I HatteJ '«^^^ hat %»'»• '^ >ty f«V^^ .tope »»»• ihtfo ii av**'sam« vessel, with an intention (as he aaid) to go home to Sydney. I st *"^'u \ v»bo a{i8 Biopod In Halifax, ond instead of his going home, he returned lo "• ^^"r^^met.— ^'**'!^°'*"'*'"^"y j"9^ 'before th«t Court sat, ai\d appeared in Liverpool or led info- ^ '^^j.^ aii^Hh* ftiat day of its sitting, and gave in his evidence to ihe Grand Jury m 0'^'°"" ' \oioito**My aon not knowing what bad taken place, or, of lbs informer being on _)j i any wliere near, (expecting tlmt he had gone home ;) went not op till (he next daj, and he also thought, that, the intorm^tion he had given in before, was siifHcient ; bui it, wa» easily (leen, that some of jou had muct) rather take the inroiinei^s evidence; well knowing whose pocket the Ten Puiind>« would come from. My two Sons, were than arraigned before the Court, to give an account of their heinous con- duct, (as it wa» made out to be.) They did not pretend to deny the fact, but employed a inwyer to write an afKdavit, vthich stated the particulars as I have helbru related ; how I had given them orders to cut it away, for the purpose of saving the Dm ; but all to no use, - one aide had been heurd, and that was enough. Sixty Pounds Rne was then impo«>ed upon them, besides many refleciiona for being such ■ dread'^ui offenders. I was told that the Judge said, ho should have been harder on ^ tbem, only for h^ brethren. Bui my opinion is, that it wasqtiiie the rererse, that ha ivouM not have been i^o hard upon them, only for ' some of his^re'hreo. I heard, and from good author.^ too, that one er you (at a dinner party where the Judfje was dining) said, that the Macka were a lawless set; that the fine ought to be more instead of leaf, and that, it ought to have been laid on the old man indiead of tiia tons. This' I 'really thought to be worse than alt the rest ; for as ■ Shake^pear saja, "He that takes my purse, steals trash, 'twas mine, 'tia bis, and baa been slave to thousands — but he that Blches from me ■ my good name, roba me of that which not enriches him^ and makes ue poor indeed !" My opinion is, that, the last part of this worthy ;geaileman*s remarks was very correct, which was, that the fine, wjib all its disgrace, OHghl to have been laid on the old man instead of his < aons. But^. perhaps, it may be much plainer seen where the disgrace lays, after I have finished my statement. — It really appears to my weak judffmenf, that I ought to have been brought before the Court, to give my reasons for giving such ordeis', before a fine should be laid on • either of us ; for certainly I was a party concerned in the aff'air.-^ 8ucb treatment as we had, was quite ditf^rent to what it was among the antient Romans ISOO years ago, for Fe^»tus said, ** It is not the manner of the Romans to deliver any one to die (or lay a Hne on them, I should suppose ;) before that he which is accused, have the accusers face to face, and have licence to answer for himself concerning the crime laid against him.'* This priviledge wa* not allowed me, for I must be, (or my sons, which was the aame thing,) condemned, fined, and disgraced ; both in a public Court, and at a piivate dinner party, without being allowed the privilcdge of answering for myself ; wbfch is the cause of mj taking thia method to do it. Soon after my sons were fined, I had some conversation with .James Gorham, Ehj. on that subject ; and although I stated to him the .particulars, nevertheless his answer was, « How could you fly in the >face of the law, aiu] give your sons such orders ?*' Said I, I shall • write a plain satement of the whole, and have it put in the News- .papers, and we will see how it will look then. The answer he made 40 that was, ** Take care that you don't commit youtflelf." , for Magistratee, (which should be still more binding on Justice ;) ta begin to have a little of that kind of feeling which such people ought to have ; and had they as much of it aa they ought to have had, they would bava bad enough to destroy par.ti-a-li-ty ! and then they would bare seen clearlj that, they did not deserve to pay any 6ne at all. At the decision of the Cour', my Sons had to pay down Twenty Five Pounda in rash, and our good friend who called the Macks a Ian- less set, followed their brother out of the Court Hou'bs, and offered to lend him the money, which he received , and as lawless a set, as ho considered us to be, bo otily charged at the rate of Eifiht per etttt for the uae of it : and surely ve could have no reason to complain of that, for money that was so very useful to us ; and more especially so to the informer ; for it enabled him to live some time afterwards in idle< neas, and to drink grog in the different taverns at Fortmidway. Tho above friendship, when viewed with many other paits of your couduct, may well be compared «*ith Jacob's to Abnen. You might say, (as I believe you did) that my sons had broken the law, and therefore that yitu had a right to fine tbem. For an illustration, we will suppose that, my son and m>(elf were travelling on the road, (say) from our Village to Liverpiiol ; on our way we saw a man coming towards us, who had a musket on hia shoulder ; soon aa «*e came within shot, he fired at us, and immediately began to lo ad his piece again ; we heard the ball whistle past us, and my eon having a gun with him, I ordered him to fire at him, which he did, and shot the man. We then went on am way and left h m there ; a fouiiit person came across him, and took away bis gun. A short time after, he w»8 found, a Coroner's Inquest wti bald on biip, and they brought in, that, ba bad been tnurdcied } \k \i )" ■tf i. I t* n and a reward of ten pounds waa ofTcr^d to any person, who would g\v9 information against tlis murderer. Tho third peraon, although he ; that they abould have • fair, and impa tial trial. And although my sons case, was notof lifa und death ; yet it ce'tainiy was the next kin to it, for it concerned both their property ard chn'acters. And any person standing their trial by B Jury, would have a rigiit to p ck off from among them, whom they in gilt expect would be prejudiced against them. And I can tell you, there was not a ain^lti person among the five committee men, tbit you bad chosen to conduct tlie alope business, but what ought to be pick- d cff, had they been on a Jury respecting that business. Par-ti-a-li-ty was eaaily seen from the commencement, to the very end of the busi- ness ; even the two laet persons that you chose to have the slope fi\«d according to their liking, see who they were, one from the Countr*, «bo vtcas the beet of the two ; and the other from Poitmidway, who was as great an enemy to the Dam, (I suppose,) aa could be found ; who would BOt ba satisfied, unless it was built in the aame place it was before. A Committee — yru soon bad chosen indeed. Of such partial men, as mi^ht succeed ; A^^dsureenough — they soon bad it so plan'd, Aa they might be sure, it could never atand ; And a alopethey built, which cost Pound* Tkirty Six, When a better one n made for on'y Six. This waa doing good businoM to be sure. But for honest folks — was hard to endure ; When you made my sons, come up totuwo^ And laid upon them, a fine of Sixty Pounds. Ju true, the money was not all p^iid down, Bteen Pounds more, you made us r*7> And bui!d the slope again, the selfsame way ; All tbii* and more, was most asiurdedly done, -For cutting the slope away to save the Dam. But when I wrote for you, to come and see, >yhat you had done, to the D.«m and me ; Th«re ws« i ult-.ed — but j i*t one out of six, ' That Aoutd c«»m( to aee, now it was fi:L*U : IS Wbieh aureljr was, the Cuiitos Kotiilorura, Who said we'd baen, too liardly borne upon. . When jou had broken down, full thirty feet, I supputeyou thought— itwas then complete ; There was no need, .you thought, to come and see,- When it was just as you would have it to be. Very partiti work— tH» was indeed. For people th'ta, unfairly to proceed } And its b^ r honest folks to get along, While the ( . of prejudice runs so strong. Now, after what i^' hare said, which I am willing to attest too,' that It is according to the beat of my knowledge ; I will leave for any one, of only common sense, who is free from partiality, to say wha were the most to blame, in the whole transaction. The Judge being a stranger, I did not blame, for 1 perhaps, might have done (he same ; Tho* indeed — 1 surely think that he ought. To have taken more pains to search it out ; ; And not depend, on what was told, By those who in partiality, had grown bold. At proof to what I have said, about partiality ; I will produce a few specimens. To one of you, I took an order for you to sign, you ande no objection, and asked me to stop and take some breakfast ; during which time, you sent for your partner, and desired him to write an order in favour of Mr. Doran,. for the same piece of land, and to take it to two more of tha Committee, and get them to sign it, and then bring it back to you. All of which was either done, or you knew it would be ; for when I asked you again after breakfast, to fign mine, yoo said, you had already signed one for Mr. Doran, for the tame piece." I thought at the time, that there was something very strange in the business ; but siuce that, I have beeu told by one, to whom Mr. Doran related all the particulars. Again, at another time^ the Surveyor took an order from me, for you to sign ; you told him, that you believed you had sighed one bpou had not, that you would sign that. You then wrote immediately down to the Village, to those who were your more parti« calar friends, and told them if they wanted the same piece of land, d&> scribing it to them ; that they roust come up immediately, or they would lose it ; which they did and got the land. This I think, was carrying pretty taught sail in the partial line. To another of you, I took an order for you to sign, and you told me, that the Committee had come to a determination, not ta sign any more orders, until there would be a proprietors meeting eall'd; and therefore you would not sign mine. In three or four days after, without making any difHculty at all, you signed for two different peo- ple, to take up the same land. At another time I took an order to you, and /ou signed it and took five shillings for your fee, and after I went to SOs. or 40s. exn pence to run it out, you'refused to sign the ritum, and by that means Most the whole. Id «"^'^*'''^'hIho.lf°fo'7e in honour; men seen ^V^,, ^11 they should rr"Cf«'»' For whh josiice to aU, inry ^^^,1, Ana ,hat the be,t ..ay. ^ou^^ h«^^^ ,,d ^a„, If 10 many things ^'e'« °°"''\ ., ^^ land ? tvhat must indeed be done, in aU ou ^f some pfiO- M«i>y "no" ' 6 I . h, of any u'O = If I . At an Election once, I gave' my votes. It was done in hopes, some good to protnote ; That with my master's help, I might try my best. To break up ev'ry Piratical Noat ! I am Gentlemen — tho* not with titles great. Your bumble aervant— not with any hate ; Except at such condact, as 1 have stated, . And that by *11— 'ougbt surely be baled. 9. Mt. £25 7 10 re 4 15 2 10 10 6 ^65 15 LETTER 5. MAGISTRATES OF QUEEN'S COUNTY, To SAMUEL M^CIT, Dr, 1630. April Term~To Cash paid " Cost of Court, suppose . . '* 2 years and 6 months interest on the above *' Loss of time and cxpences at least *' Loss of water, not less than ** Building a new slope , ^ , t October, 1832. Gkntlbmbw, The above statement is made, for the purpose of shewing the amount of damase done to myself and faiViily ; io consequence of the Slope and Dam, fine, business : exclusive of the damage done to others, io the loss of water, and repairing the Dam, after it was broken down by the slope. I was told by the Judge, last spring term, if I would have a petition wrote, by a professional man, and handed into the Court, that it should be attended to. Accordingly, I employed Mr. Creighton, «vho wrote one and handed it into the Court. And what was the consequence, I ask ? Wby, it appears that it caused you to appoint another committee, to view and inspect the slope we bad mtde. And what then, I would ask again ? Why, of course, their return would naturally be, that they could see nothing except water, during that time, and therefore it must be put off till the fall term ; so that they might h^ve an opportu- nity of seeing and insjpecting it in ibe drought of summer. It appeared Very much like putting off. Now, Gentlenieo, in mjf opinioo, there has been quite enough 15 eommittfle work, portial tvorit, maliiioKa work, and u{;ly work ; \n that tflopa and Ded un you did— again and again : Look at old Treago — there you may see when— Tou wronged ua out of Sixteen Pounds Ten : For when a year we kept him as a pauper, You would not pay us, a single copper. Some of you it seems, has been fully Irent— * On me, your spite ami malice should be epent !' ' Qorry 1 am — such inju^iice to relate- But the plain truth I must, most surely state : And I must endeavour to do my best- To break up such, a pi-ra-ti-cal nest ! My fienJs I hope, ihtit jou will pass this round, T»H Truth and Justice both, are with us f.iund- Aort then we will ail, shake hanrls together, .And never more fall out with each o^her. Gentlemen— I'rv your Humble Servant sure. And with motives too, that's very pure. 8. M. Now I would just sugge.'t lo the reader, 40 take particular notice as he proceed:-, until he has gone through the whole ; aiid to think if it could oe possible for any human being, unaided by a higher power, to cause Huch things to take place, or to carry on suc'i a connecting chain of stran^'e ci cunistaivres, hb ihere appears throuj;houl the whole history. And although I have already made several avowals, never- ttieless, I Ehall now tuakc anoihp.', and say, what I have written, has been wiote. thanks be to God, with a clear conscience ; believing it to be my doty to w.ife and hy ti before the public i running all hazards of what niigh' be ibe consequence. But, however, if be cannot see, think, or believe as T do, res* ^^ffi^t fm »WWtW^!>i . I I 11 , ^i m 16 \ It Id ItJ- :ee noUce imW if II )wer, to Inneciing |he whole ,, never- iten, has ivinS 't to pecting roy statements, and what I have Haid of ihem ; I hope at least, that be will have churitf enough to tlimk and let think ; and nut con- demn or censure me too hard, lor veeing, believing, and thinking as I do : and to rementber that, we live undbr a Government whirh ailows every one to think as ihey pleaee, without being punished or persecuted for so doing. And now, so tar as what is written in this piece, may be of service to my fellow creatures - agreeablo to the will of God, or conducive in any measure of getting back what I consider has been un- justly taken from me, (but no fiiriher,) I pray God to grant it his bless- iog : and may all who read it, join with tbeaulkor, (as be thinks ibej ought, ) iu saying* Amen. II ao, res' LETTER 6. MiU$ Vitlagt, Sth Jlpril, 1834. MAGISTRATES OF QUEEN'S COUNTY. Gentlemen, This is to inform you, that I have lately received a few lines from Mr. Sterns : in which are the following words, " Last Torm the Court gave positive directions that an ludictnient should be preferred against you, uuleds the nui^junce should by immediately removed, &c." 'Ve are informed in the New Testament, that the Jew.s thirsted after the blood of our Saviour ; and tliat nothing ledd would serve them. So likewise you tiiirst it seems for the removal of our wharf ; and it appears that nothing less would sati:»fyyou. And we also &ud, that, our blessed Lord was condemned by a Judge, who said, *' I find no fault in this Man." And yet, notwithstuudiiig, lie cave sentence that it should be as thoy required, ^y which sentence, be brought that disgrace on his character, that has continued for 1884 years. I hope it will not be the case with your Worships ! But, if our Lord and Master was thus delt with, bow can his servants expect any better usage ? Perhaps you may think, its for our own good that you make us r^ move it ; for I have been told by some of you, if the property were theirs, that they would not have it where it is, for fifty pounds. And you may likewise calculate that the expense to remove it would be but trifling ; that ' by taking off the ballast, it might bo Soated, and nioved round whole. But you should recollect, even if «uch a thing could be done, that the boV* torn logs not bemg fastened to the others, would surely be left behind, sticking fast in the mud. And if you should still pernist i;i having oar wharf removed, I am very much afraid, that you will niake a partial, expensive, and a muddy piece of work of it ! liut I have reason to believe, that you would care but little about all that, so loug as the e^Lpeusive part fail upon us. My reasons for thus believing, 'you may find, by taking a retrospective view of the Dam, fine, busine^is, in all its bearings ; coiuuiencing in the Spr'uig of 1S27, as pointed out to your Woiship.-s in tuy former state- ments. Not forgetting to take a glance at the good elleot ti.at my Petition hud upon your minds, after promising it should be attended too. And also, of the eucroacluncuts wliicU I pointed out, that you have tukou no notice of any but tlie one ', ami that of course is ours. Sir Ricliard Phillips has laid down some excellent rules, (as stated in the last years Almanack;) for Magistrates to follow, come of which I shall quote, that your Worship's conduct towards me, may be oxamiued by them, to see how thoy may agree together. PBfMP^I iPWMiMiKiW 'Ml 17 I will bc^jin with tho first, which is an follows : — 1st. '* Tho pcople'u estitnatlou of ihe government under whi''h they live, hcLnj^ fouiKled ou tho t>ure, just, and rational administration of the hws, iloughttobe felt tliat uo suciil dutitis are more importaut and obiigatorj than those of a local Magistrate or Justice of the Peace. 4tb. '* An English Magistrate should feel that every subject of those roulms, be he rich or be he poor, be he accuser, or under accusation, id equal in the eye of the law ; that the lawi* of England are no respecter of persons ; that they am never be dispensed with to suit the huroour of the magistrates or the policy of the crown ; and that they are literally impera- tive in their proper sense, until they have been altered or repealed, &c. 5. *• The cardinal virtues of all umgiitrates are bcorruptibilit^, im- partiality, vigilance and benevolence. 6. •* An incorruptible magistrate will not only be incorruptible in hia own condoct, directly and indirectly, immeduitely and remotely ; but he will exercise a wholesome suspicion in regard to the possible corruptions, extortions and oppressions, practised by his clerks, constables, othcers, and other Bgent.") of his authority. 7. " An impartial magistrate will jealonsly guard every avenue of his mind against the vice and weakness of partiality ; he will be careful not to be influenced by exparte statements, by crafty or malignant insinuations, or by interested and ^-ulgar prejudices ; and he will never fail to remember that, although justice is blind in regard to the parties, she is all eye ia her search after truth." For instance, look at the Dam, fine business ! S. ** A vigilant niagistrate will always hear both sides before he makes his determination," &c. I'wonder if your ronscicncen will allow you to say or even to think, that the foregoing excellent rules, were attend- ed to, in the Dam, fine business ; I cannot believe that they would. My statements to you will plainly phow the vast difference tiiere is between those rules and your conduct towards me. 9.. •* A benevolent magistrate will never forget that mercy m the brigU- est ornament of all power," &c. 11. The latter part, " .And before he commits or convicts he sftoulJ be thoroughly satisfied that the act charged was perpotratted with a criminal intention, and contrary to the true intent of soa;e statute law, or ordi- nance of the realm." Now I will inform you agnin, asl have before, that there was not tho ^ least intention or knowledge of breaking any law, either by them that cut " the slope away, or by myself, who gave the orders to have it done. 13. " He ought to be sensible that the letter of the laws is the rule of condnct for subjects as well as magistrates, and that no n.an is amenable to magisterial authority who has not ofTended agalns-t the ordinary and obvious interpretation of some law, and who has not been convicted on the oaths of credible witnes.ses ;" &c. i\ow, I willa.sk what kind of a \vit- ness were my sons convicted on.' You well know that it was on the oath of a lazy drunken wretch, who got teu pounds for his oath ! 16. " In assigning punishments, it should be considered that the pen- alties of the law afways contemplates extreme ca.-^es of tnrpetiide, general- ly leaving it to the magi.strate fo initisate and apportion the nunishnicnt ac- cording to the circumstances of every offence ; in doing which, it should beremembojcd that the Scripture erjoins us "to forgive our brother seventy times seven ," that the penalties of the law ouaht n§ve» to be passionate or vindictive, but to be simply cautionnry for first and trival oire:ices,gently cor- rective for 8«cond offences, and exemplary only wheu '/ppiiod to incorrigi- B2 blec idea Sure tend( one r •titut Engl, forth cogni lie nx pcrfoi and I wbici] of law ■urely tbay b to ma I I pect tc 1 luperio K \ 8h being s{ vpill at disappc good at troying If up of pik public, io^^iJiii o^tvill, •bis anJ than ihj truth ; to bestol tbit aoj I par.ti.a-l ground i[ th^s pie< Will sure mij»j«p •mmmmiiimitmm 18 H rof the !ra- im- jt he ions, cers, )f his jol to lions, iiuber jye ia :SS '• )re he allow itlend- 'tween IDulll ;riniinal ordi- that cut ^ ^ rule of iienable ^ry and in the f a wit- ^3 on tho the pen- generaU luent ac- it should seventy sionate or ntly cor- inconrJgi- ble culprits, or to very heinous crime:*." Now, can you have the least idea, that this I6th rule was attended too, in the convictiuu of my sons i Surely you cannot. These most excellent rules, I fear ar« so little at- tended too, (and especially in your conduct towards luej that I must '^uoto one mo "■ 2U - A Joatica of the Peace, holding a comraission from a cnn- •titutiontl King of England, and bis authority under the mild lawn of England, will always feel (or ought to feel) that hia power ii conftrred for the purpose of iocreasing the hap[)ine3s of all who are aubjects tobia cognizance, and within bis jurisdiction; that he is the guardian of pub- lic morels, a conservator of the Peace, and protector of the public and persooftl rights of the people ; and that it much depends on the wisdom and ptudence of Justices of the peace, whether the social compact which binds the people into one nation, under one ruler, and one code of laws, serve as a curse or blessing." All Magistrates ought most lurely, to pay good attention to th» foregoing excellent rules ; and had they been attended too as they ought, I should not have bad occasion to make such complaints, and to show that they were not. I expect to be io town when the Court sets, and of course must ez> pectto abide by your decision at that time. 1 am with all due submissioo to higher powers* and to jou as my iuperioi9| Tour Worsbipa most Obt. Humble 8ervt. Siimuel ^ack. V' B. Par-ti-a-li-ty ! has been where, No such thing ought ever appear ; Compare their conduct with those rules, *Twill make them look likn perfect tools ! 8. M. * Should I come short In my expectation, with regard to this piece being so noticed by the public, as to cause the sale of it to be such, as will at least, defray the ezpeuces ; I shall be very sorry, and sorely disappointed. The purposes for which it is written, are certainly very good and laudable : for they are no less than that of exposing and des- troying op-pres-ei-on ! and par-ti-a-li-ty ! And also for the breaking fj^up of pi-ra-ti-cal nests ! And should it not be so approved of by the public, as to make it saleable ; I tnast suppose it will be owing to the lability of the author, (for the want of human learning and inclination of'^ill,) to poliib it off : as no doubt but many others, would be both able and willing to do. fiut should ibo public require any thing more than their being ueated with, and in the plain, naked, and unodomed truth ; they will require more than 1 have either inclination or ability to bestow. And, in my own opinion, it is the very best adornment^ that any writing can be embellished with. The plain naked Truth ! what can be better i And, its what 1 write in ev'ry letter — I^or any thing else, do I wish to write, 'For it is the weapon with which I fight ! I would at least expect, that all who disapprove of op-pres-si-on ! par-ti-a-li-ty ! and pi-ra-ti-cal rests ! with all those who have been ground in any of these abominable Mills ! will becu.stomerB to puicbaae this piece. And tbea I think the number will not be very small : but Will surely be enough to pay its espencea. And should that be the n ;^. ~ .. ;r »< »' : m'^i « ♦n. wiwi m Ir^' 19 eauo— And oppose them with my might. LETTER 7. Milti Village f 3d. Sept. 1832. MAGISTRATES OF QUEEN'S COUNTY. Gbxti#emkn, Were we living under a despotic gOTernment, whera its aubjecta are more like staves than freemen ; I should scarcely dare, after the public reprimand 1 received last spring term, to move either my pen or tongue again, in my own defcMce. But thanks be to God, however, that such is not the case ; for we live in a free country. Hinder good government, and good laws when rightly administered ; but when they are not, good aie no better than bad laws. Against my last statement, you made several complaints, which are aa follows, viz. — 1st. Of the spirit in which it was written. — 2d. Thai there were reflections in it 3d. That the fine which had been laid on my aoas, was called a Dam fine, or, a Dam, fine business ; which was disapproved of very much. But was told, that my respect- ability bad saved me so far ; but to write no more, or, you must take notice of it. What was said appeared to me like saying, we are the authority, under which you live, and therefore, you must submit to our decisions; whatever they may be ; and that without casting any reflections on, or making any complaints against them. But, notwithstanding all that, as I made no reply then, you can surely have no objection that I shottid make some now : and in that way too, which sppoars lo me the best (although you disapproved of ii,) which is in writing : for what la written will always show for it* •eK With all due respect then to your Worships, I shall beg n with the first complaint, and answer them in rotation. 1st. Of its not being written in a good, or right spirit. This I think was judging the heart ; and to that I would say, ** judge not, that ye be not judged." I think myself to be as good judge of ibe spirit in which it was written, as any other person can be : and surely your Worships can have no objection to that. Then you will allow me to aay, that it was nut written in a wrong or bad, but.in a good and right spirit. We are commanded •' to bo angry and sin not.** which accord- ing to my opinion, means that we should be anf;ry at sin, or any bad conduct ; such as I have exhibited in my staiements to you ; but, at 20 thaumo timOi that vro tluuld love alt our follow cre&hirei, even our cnrmiM ! For inalance, j'i«l as I love your Worships, but feel an^ry At tbt Dam, fine butineiit. 2J. Tbtt iLere were reflection! io ray former itatemcnt». To that charge I plead gnilty. But upon ihe back of it, perm t me to aak, wcie there not a just cauae i A reuoKpective v:ew of my former •tateinents, (aa I aaid before) I ibink will plainly ibow that tbeto were. Sd. That the Goo waa called a Dam, fine, or n Dam. fine buainess; which was much diaapproved of. To that charge a!eo, I plead guilty; but think I have e right to atate my leaaons for c • I ng it an, which are ai followa : The fine waa imposed for cuitmg the slope from (he Dam, but the Dam waa the f^rai cause of the whole transaciion ; there- fore, in my opinion, it was more proper to call it a Dam. tbanaaiopo fine. But still, iince it was evident, from the reproof I received, thai you were not well r'eaaed at the name, I ihall iherefore, for the future, style it a slope 6ne ; which I hope may not be so offensive. Tou concluded your reproof by saying, '* your respeotability has saved you so far, but don't you write to us any more ; or we must take aeiice of it." Now I should be glad to knon, and hope you w.li be luod enough to inform me, what my respectability has saved me, so for from ? It is my opinion, that it ought to have saved ice from all that took place, respecting the slope fine business : and also, from such other usage, as potated out io my fiiat eiaiemeot, by you styled a Pamphlet. Some of my reasons for thinking so, respecting the slope fine busioeas, are as follows. Through my advice, Stephen stated the whole a£Eair to Jainea Gorbam, Esq. who told him, all that would be required, would be to have it built up again ; and he prom sed to have It done. And, m my opinion, at the very most, it was ill that ought to have been required of us. But, as I observed, in my first statement, that would have been too easy a way to hive it settle'] ; as it would Oo< have drawn enough from our pockets. After the informer had given his information against my cons, it appeared to be kept quite sly, tot fear (I had reason to believe), that I should hear of it, and put a atop to what took place afterwards. One of you did give a hint of it, by saybg, ** I believe that we have found out the ones that cut the alope awayv** he was afraid it appealed, (ihough a professed friend) to say It wait your sons, kst I might put a stop to its furtiier pio< grass. Perhaps your Worships, may say of this as of Ihe last, that there are reflections in it. To that I plead guilty, even befoie it is laid to my charge. But I would aek again, is lucre not a jubt cauae > It ap« pears to roe that it cannot be denied. And while I am the subject of a good and free constitution, and of a free country, I claim an equal priviledge of ail its rites. And therefore, with all due reverence to your worships, I must inform you that I do not consider I have a right Io be threatened or intimidated into silence ! If I bare &a'd, done, or vrole evilly ; then bear witness of it, and point it out, in a particular manner. And if you can produce any thin;; against me, except stand- ing for my right, and in my own dofence (which I think I have a- right Io do ;) I would then acknowledge my fault with as inuob humility, as jou could wish to see. And then you would be boui:d ty the rules of im mmvM HJ? IW'Ptl wmm 31 %, ■ r I '> Scripture, «• meniionp.l in my laa>, to forglTe not only for one, Iwa, or three otfencei ; bui uiidl veveniy limos H^ven." Now purhapc. lor Ihu8 siaixfing in my own defence, your Wor* ihipiinay ttvink, if not tay, ihat I iiii crazy ! For, by more lien one of you, orf)y for defending my character, auiini; ihe irulb, and givini; good Advice, I have already been called ciazy! and lbreai«nc4 with a borae-whipping in )he bargain. And one of you bava pre- Knbed for my relief from ihai drvadful aflliction as followi, viz. ** Soak jour feel, inke aome phyaic, retire to your bed, In the morn if no better, why ihea ahave your bead. But if tbot* prcicripliona, to improve you should faily A copious bleedii rg, I should hope might prevail ; fiai if ae I fear, you're past every cure. Look out in good time, end a strait jacket procure,'* lie. Now all this was said and done, in consequence of having stootl inmyoMO defence, stated the truth, and gavn good advice. And now I Will heave it to yuur own cooaciencea, if 1 were desei virig of lucb treatment. But now, after all that have hitherto been asi'd, done, or wrote on the subject of the slope fine busineaa ; in o.y opinion, the best way to pot a Slop to my writing any more on the subject, would ba *o pay back the fificon pounds overpiub money, which remains ; sfter paying tan pounds to the inloniier, seven or eight pounds more, for Court espences ; besides lawyers tec», &c. lie. And besides building a far batter slope than the tirnt. But if you are determined not to do that, («a It appears you are) then I Lope you will be kind anougb teinfotta BMi what use you have, or mean to put It loo. I will now aay to your Worships, what 1 said to •• great ai uny ot 70U| *• If all who are rich and in high oincas, hava to do lucb things aa 1 hafa pointed out in my former ■t^iements, I pray to God, that I may never ba oaa or the other ; and mu«t tail you plainly, that I would much rather live and die a beggar ! And I am taught to lo*a til man, but to fear none!" Fori lind It written. In ibe only Is^y book that I atudy in, which la the Bibla, sod the best oi sll buoka, ** And 1 aay unto you my frisnds, be not afraid of iheiti thai oan kill tba bodyi and after ihnt ha^etio more that they can do," be. Again, ** I will never leave theo, nor forsuke thee. So that Ma mHy bnluly lay, Tha Lord is my helptr, «nd 1 will not lesr wkst man shall do unto na." And sgalg, •• Do uuio others, a« you would tbay ihouid do amoyoo." Thus am I now, and have all along been doing to yuur Wonhips. And now permit me to attill the <■««« wiih yout even towards myteif : in the one sint^le case, the slope fine .'' If you will permit me to give my opinion, I must say, that i cannot be* lieva it has been, from the fiot bt ginning til! the present time. But even now, as it is better late that never, pay back i.*ie titt''7i"\ ^vjundd if DO moie ; and I will then remain with love to your VVoirh i^s and to all the human race ; but still with anger and abtu ' ■ ' : i lo .-^ca con- duct, as I have in my statements pointed out. Your Worbhips most Obedi. Humble 6ervt. S. M. P. ^. There is one more remark that just strikes my ml.-id, th2it I mivsi aoi fwye '^ut > which is, even if 1 am crazy, as some of you '•WW»V~WW»»»fl»W S3 Wor- none ;ivin|f ,ienc4 e. g stood And v'uig of r wrote Bst wty a ♦o p»y r p»y»n« or Court log « far lio ibft(» iginloiui It ai any ch ihjngi xl, th«» J ), tli«t I Ui to lo»e I only U^" •a buoti«> m o»n ki«t ,c. Agftini jny bolu'y ill do unio ihouid do ai.s :a con- havfitid. jou cannot eonteientioualy a.iy.tn mn, ai Feitus laiJ to Paut^ *• Much Itariiing doib niaka (bee mad." No, aiirely, you cmmoi! Bui 1 o«n ity with a clear conicienc**, wlmt S'. Paul aaid in return, ** I ■m not na«d mntt noble {Juttietn) but apaak fortb tbe wordi of tiutli and soberneis." And Ibtrefore, Blaine me, your Worships, auro yoa never can^ For culling the elope away to eave the Dam : Blerae me for doing, what ^ourielvett would do. No fellow mco, in aucb vr^yi% should peraue. i)ut that you'fe done, for alandmg lor my riglit. How could your Worahipa uruliire such a sight? For would jourseltes not do the very o-tme .' How could you iheo on mi lay so much blame ' ^ow then, just put youiselvex in my own place. Which surely is (h« way to try the cdie ; Then conscience would tell you 1 am rijfhr, When I oppoite h bat's wrong wiib all my might! Do MS we woufd be done by, \n the thing Thai on our consciences would l<}ave nc sting ! X.'ktt'vise would keep us from going astray, And always would lead us la the right way. Tour Worships b'ame mo T no, you never cdn» For atsnding for hta right blome any man ; Ko». surely not, for that blame any one. Or try to atop either bia pen or tongue. 'Tweuld be tuch an uoreaaonable thing, Tliat on tbe coDisieoce wbuld leave a sting ! Therafore,. I hope you will no moiedo ihe likf, If you do, ril oppoie it with all my might. ' From oneiosnoiher pleate paas thia round, y Until Justice and love are with ua found ; C Then friendship toe. would alwaya abound, V Until our beada were laid quite under the ground. Whaie no itjusiice will ever take place. After we have run ; this vhurl moriat isoe : And where our judge will no injustice do. But will always do r ght, I new lell ,\ou. * No paftUa-li-ty ! will draw him'attruy. But ha will foMow on in the right way ; Justice •ni\ m-^rcy, will he keep in view, Which is the way bi!> creoiures should persue. Now the better way, I ^ihould tb nU would be. Indeed, to r^y the oionev back to me ; Most prob-bly iben^^I should h«»Id my clack, Aad be )wur Humoie Stirv. old Sam Macii. vt. S. M niad, thlit I Bom«s of yott WMpn mt/mmm 23 % Ki H^ :!B.I Vl LETTERS 8 Sc 9. MU$ Village, ^Oth Oct. IS2 A. MAGISTRATES OF QUEEN'S COUNTY. "GErrTLEMEN, I now beg leave lo proflBnt yoar 'Worships with a retro- tpective view, oF the good effect that my foimer etatemenia have made upon your conduct, towards myself and family. The first were written in the Sprini; of 1832, in which I related what had token place con- cerning the slope Bne ; wiih some oihor things, up lo that time. And it appeared to have had somo jittlo effect, so aa seemini^ly ^° open youreyes a little; for I was thus addre!*»od by the Court, *' I have seen jooT pamphlet Mr. Mack, an'l if you. will g«t a professional man '.o write a petition for you, and band it in to the Coiirtj it ahall be at- nnded too." Accordingly, the next fall term, I employed a lawyer, who wrote • petition and gave it into the Court. And that aluo had some effect: ioT it caused you to appoint another Committee to inspect the slope we 'had made; and to give in their returns the next term. This appenring to me, so much like putting off, (for you know very well, there could Le nothing seen during that time, except water ;) that I sent in an account of the cost and damages to my own family, by the slope, and slope fine businesp, for you to see the next spring term ; which amouuied to nearly sixty pounds. This I did, hopng that a view of ffuch an account, might cau^e you to believe that at least, the fifteen 'pounds ought to be p>iid back. But that appeared not to have the least effect at all ; for I have heard nothing of it since, except being told by the gentleman to whom I gave it, that be had given it in. Id the Spring of 1834, I sent in another statement ; and that also 'bad some effect ; for it caused me to receive from ihe Court, (without 'any other satisfaction) what I called a severe reprimand : to which I «nade no'reply then, but thought the more; and I was determined to , "bold out even unto the end, for we read, " He that holdeib out to « the end, life same sha'l be saved," which of course means the same as being paid : for when they are ^aved, they are then amply paid for all their troubles. And I was still determined to give my answers in writing ; as they would in that way always show for themselves. And 'iberelore, notwithstanding all the head tiaws, I had hitherto ^et wiib, last fkll term I sent in another ; which 1 enclosed, as I did all the 'Others, except the one with the account, to the Ousios : to whom I 'wrote as follows. — My Brother, should you believe from the account I bave given of the slope fine business; that I have not been dealt with 'according to mercy and justice; I hope you will assist in having the 'fifte D pounds paid back. But on the other hand, dh' uld yuu think it was all right, and no more than I deserved, then, and in that case, [ ask no other favour thflu to be informed what use you have, or mean to put it too .' and also, what I have done that caused -he rcprim.uid, I received last cprint; torm f so that I may humble mvself beiore the Court: for I neither wish nor mean lo contend again*! my s'lporiorf, Dor asaiiist the laws of ilie land. But neverttieles", I think I have a ' right to stand in my own defence; and in writ nH round : and 1 declare, and solemnly pro- teat, that would by far, be worse than all the rest. Surely I have warn- ed you time after time, but still you withhold what ought to be mine ; AO more warning now, will I ever give, so long aa we all in the world doth live. Now then, >our Worships have a choice to make, and you bad best be careful which you take : for I think I've tried, lonjf enough this way ; therefore I shall take other itteps for my pay : and hereafter to the public I shall look, for what from me, you have unjustly took. Now eince I write no Poetry this time, I hope you will excuse a little Rhyme : and Til say no more, juat for the present, but that I am still yeur bumble .servant. S. M. P. S. With regard to your imposing the fine at first, because a Lawyer said, " My Lord, they cut the nlope away to prevent the fish from running up," you m>ght have thought, that it was the case sure enough, that it was cut away for that purpose. But you ought to have itoown better than to believe all they would say. And I say, it was as great • falsehood, as were ever uttered. And perhaps your Worships might think that, I ought to ask for the Fifteen Pounds with as much humility, as if I were asking aims of you : and as I have not done so, it might have been the cause of its not being returned: But if such has been your ideas, I must beg leave to differ with you in opinion ; and in- form you that, I consider it no more, (nur so much neither,) than my just due, which has been unjustly wrested from me, and therefore ought to be paid back. ^ When my sons were arrni^ned before the Court, they employed a lawyer, who wrote an affidavit for them ; in which were stated the particulars, as explained in my first statement ; but it had no efiect; nor do 1 believe that a dozen of them would; for it appeared, by what I was told by one of you, that judgement had been made up, and sen* tence passed, six months before. Though it is true, that it was coa- tfiderably reduced ; for it was lowered from one hundred down to si&ty pounds. Sixty Pounds ! what a pretty sum still, under it» true circum- stances, for a d — s— f — ! What merciful people myself and sons have had to deal with ! When the Apostle Paul was arraigned beforo the Court, and answering for himself, " The high priest commanded ^them that stood by him to smite him on the month. Then said Paul unto him, God shall smite thee, thou whited wall ; for s'ttest thoa here to judge me after the law, and rommandest me to be smitten con- trary to the law ?" When sentence was passed on my sons, to pay such an enormuus sum, for daiiig what I had ordered them to do, I think they ought, and rni^Iit jti-tly have said, tlius : Sittert thou here to j'idge us according to law and justice, and commande>t ud to pay a fine, which is contrary to both f mmmmmi'mm'^immm m9 i. S5 y> V. Ii Two of yon said in my own house, ** Had it not been for us, the fiii« would have been much greater." I tnust suppose then, it was by your nieana that the forty pounds were taken off. It has been said, and by one of the faculty too, wluchi can prove; that there were some peopio, and my- self wa3 one of them, that prejudice was so strong against u»,that it would h>i nseless to take a can«« to the Inferior Court, for we should be sure to lose it. Now this is an awful thing to be said, (and I fear not without too much reason, us I think my statements will clearly sho.v ;) about people who are appointed to execute both Tav/ and justice between uuui and man: and which ought to be done with impartiality to all. And I know not of any cause for all this, on my part, except that I am crazy enough to stand f>r my right, in the defence of both my character ami property ; and that I contend against par-ti-a-li-ty ! which forms what I call p'-ta-ti-cul ucsts ! I only want, what's fair, and just and right ; These are the principles for which I fight ! And whosoever says, in this thing I'm wrong. On the want side I think, they must belong. As I am now a''d have been from the beginning, writing to your Wor- ships, in order to show some of the evils of par-ti-a-li-ty ! as w ell as to recover back the fifteen pounds again ; I shall therefore, give a more par- ticular statement of a transaction, whicli is but slightly touched upon uj my first statement. In that it was thus stated, " I took an order for you to sign, and you told me that the committee had come to a determination not to sign any more orders until a proprietors meeting would be called, Hiid therefore, you would not sign mine. In three or four days afterwards, without making any dilHculty at all, you signed for two others to talce up the same land." Now I shall state the particulars of that business, which will show how the land come to be given to the other two gentleinen, which is as follows: When you refused to sign my order, I then went to one of t'^.fl other gentlemen of whom I had bought s^ome undivided land and requested him to try in his own name ; but knowing (I believe) who it was for, you refused to sign his also. I then looked upon myself to he completely shu) out, and after a sleepless night, in which I closed not my eyes in s\eep, (owing to my situation,) I went home the next morning. My situation was as follows, two of you as alluded to in my fourth letter, being the great felks, and therefore heads of the committee, with all the other heads of families in our Village, (were or appeared to be) combined together agauist myself and family : and I knew v^ry well so soon as the proprietors meeting would take place, that those people would be ready with their orders and get the same land I was tryir.g to get ; this I was in- fonned of bv a friend v^ho belonged on the other side : and I found it good to have a friend, ui the corner. After I rstiiained, 1 believe not more than one day at hoire, viewing my situation, f said to myself, well, 1 can do nothing here to mend tii-^ matter ; nor can I see any way that I can, should I even go baok to Li\ er- pool : but at any rate said I, 1 will go buck and look around ; and perhr.p«< flometliing may turn up to my adv;uitage, more than I can ut present see or know for. While there, ;md lookiug around, to fi:id out what I could. I happened to bo telling my situation to one ofyoa, wlieri vou saul, I have a share of undivided land which I will soil, if 1 can gia a good pricv. That will do said I to myself ; for I did not b< Hovetl^at tli;i-e great frlks would refuse to sign for that gentleman, nof\,-ithL-tanding thf^y had refusod myself and one more before. Well, said I , if you w ill take it up ia the plac;j 1 witj C 1 ^wW»w«l"»'1i»iP"!W"*»«^ ■MPiNMPI 26 describe to you, 1 will give the highest price thrxts going. I will try them said he. I feel assured that they will not refuse you, .said I, and then went to the other and desired him to be ready with his order and try thcni again, directly after they had signed for the first : for, said I, they will not like to deny you, just after they have signed for the other. And, sure enough, they both got their orders signed without tlie least difficulty. Such were the plans and schemes I had to contrive, so as near as I could, to be a mutch for par-ti-a-li-ty ! What an awful thing it is ! and I write the word, so as to make it look as ugly as I can ; in order that all who may behold it, may also behold its real deforujity ! and by that means be made to abhor it, even as I do myself. And now I will state another case, which I have not as yet touched upon, in any of my former letters, which is as follows ; — After these com- mittee men and the rest of our Villagers had so managed their businfss, as to procur2 sverylot for which an owner could be found in letter B, and one of them, even by dftainingmy order, till others could get it, as stated in my fourth letter. Having an idea that letter A. and U. would crosg each other, and that letter A. would take place first, as I wae always in- formed that it would ; I then employed the Surveyor, and run out the tier of letter A. and purchased a lot on it that came out upon our river. But as soon as those great folks heard of it, they forbid the Sur\eyor to run it out ; and then cdled a proprietor's meeting, in which they passed a vote that letter A. instead of letter B. should be moved around far enough to the westward for the lots upon il, to clear letter E. in doing which, the lot that I had bought was taken quite out of its place, and far from the river. Then as it was taken from what it was when I bought it, I did not consider that I had a right to pay for it ; and therefore suffered myself to be sued for the amount ; but I lost the suit, and had to pay for the lot and cost of Court, between forty and fifty pounds. Such has been the way that those good friends (as they always tried to make me believe they were) have persued me. But I always say, actions speak louder than words. And it appears to me, had there not have been an over ruling power which protected me, that they would have brought me down, even to beggary ! But thanks be to God, I am still in the land of the living, and make no doubt, but I shall be provided for so long as I live. There is no doubt in my mind, but what those great folks as I call them, for they can say with the rich man, " I have much good laid up for many years." Were the means of influencing the judge against us ; when hearing it said, that the Macks were a lawless set : and when he said, "If I can find out who cut the slope away, I will make them pay one hundred pounds, and build it up again." There is no doubt, according to my opinion, that it was said in consequence of what had been told him by those great folks. The one to whom he said it, and that told it to me, be- ing one of them. Nor do 1 believe, if asked, that he would not altogether deny it. But had Sir Richard Phillip's 7th rule, as stated in my"sixth letter, been attended too, it would not have been the case : that rule ■states as follows, " An impartial magistrate willjealously guard every avenue of his mind against the vice and wickedness of par-ti-a-li-ty ; he will be careful not to be influenced by exp;irte statements, by crafty or malignant insinua- tions, or by interested and vulgar prejudices ; and he will never fail to re- Diembor that, although justice is blind in regard to parties, she is all eye in her search after truth." • ••"! mmm^^mm ■WPW mmrmfiimmm_ »^w* IW" I^H Il f l i ll i lll l l y i im 27 i^'i V! '.'J >^i»tr Had onlylhat one, but mont excellent rule been attended to as it oii^!:t to have been, I never should have h;id the unago from your Worships th.it I have had. I have wrote the two last statements, after lying awake livt; hours at one time the night before ; studying and bringing their particulars to my recollections, and placing them in the order they now stand. And now allow me to ask your Worships, which 1 had the greatest Yenaon to believe, either the prohjssion of friendship whi'^h froiu time to time has been made by those great folks, or the usage that I have recuivt;d from iham ; as pointed out in my statements .' I 'think you will allow th;/ actions speak louder tlian words. For an illusir»iion, 1 will itate a case, Suppose that some one, who was greater and richer than soy of jour Worships, wpie to make great profession of friendship to either of you : but neverthelessr, would at different times, and without any acknowlcdgmout afterwads, up with his fist and knock you down. Which I ask would you have the greatest reason to beliere, either the fair words, which as the old say- ing is butter no par&nips i or the hard blows which knocked you Jown^ I think you would allow with me, that feeling is the naked truth : and that actions speak louder than words. And I can assure your Worships. that I have felt, and very severely too, the many hard blows which I have received : and have pomted some of them ol<*. I will nofv state two more cases, which come to my recollection last night between the hours of three and six o'clock. — 1. One of you was kind enough to hire us about four hundred pounds, and required no other security than » Joint Note from myself and ron : but when we began to make lee-way pretty fast, being engaged m navigation with one in town ; you then bei;an to be uneasy about your money, and wanted other security; and oo blame to you neither : I then went to the other good friend, (the two being the great folks of the Committee as slated before) and told him you wanied your money secured ; and he was kmd enough to offer the money on the same terms that we had it from yourself. I took the doubloons in my pockets, went to you and said, I have come Sir, to give you secarity for your money ; very well said you, you had best give ihe security on nominal property. I Will produce such security, said I, that you will not refuse : do you produce the Note, cast up the interest, and see how much the whole amount will be ; and then i will produce the security. When that was done, I then produced the doubloons, and counted out the full amount ai four pounds each. Ay, said you, but I can't givo more than ibrco pounds seventeen and sixpence for each doubloon ; or else you must pay .me in Spanish dollars, which was what you had from me. At that lime, but net when I got them, there was a premium on them. I do not suppose said I, that I can get dollars for you; and if you do not allow four pounds* for them, which is the same as I have given, and what they are going at, 1 cannot part with them ; and began to gather thera up to put them back inio my pockets. Ay, well said you then, I suppose I can part with them for the same again, and then took them. Now, aaid I, after I took up my Note, I hope whon you part with it again, that you will try to get it into safer hands, so that you will bo in no danger of losing it. But if I have been rightly informed, it v/ae not the ca«e ; for I have heard that you let an old smuggler have some after that, and thai you lost it. It appeared to me, (whatever it migh! mm fm^ i^mmn it oui»!!t liip.'i th.it vnke tivt! rticulars greatest tihuii to received ow th,/ 38 to others) that when you was trying to got JoMars from me, on which iber* was a premium, or 2s. 6d. on each doubloon, beiiides the interest that it looked like close shaving^; and bordering very cloie on idolitry. No wonder I think, that (he Apoatle should call the love of money, the root of all evil, and covetousness idolitry. Th« 2d. is as follows, Ono of you was trying to get a grant of a SOOaerelot for another man, who owed you, and you knew it would fall into your own bands ; and one of my brothers children was trying to gel the same for himself and brothers. When I was in Halifr.x. I \7eDt to see the Surveyor General, (as requested) on their behalf ; and be got me to write a statement of my ideas about the lot ; who I thought ought to have it, &c. And after you had seen what I wrote, you then adviited me very seriously, as a friend, to go and take it up ; for, said you, you have wrote more than is correct, and therefore you had belter go and take it up again. When yourself, or any other will con* vince me, that I have wrote more than is correct, said I, then I will take it up again, or make any acknowledgment that may be thought reasonable ; but not before. No doubt but jou found what I had wrote, to be a great stumbling block in the nay of your getting ths lot. But ivbe»yau< found that you eould not fnghien me (as you n.ust have ox- ^ct9d> then said you,— Well, if you will allow me to get the lot in the other man's name, I will see that your brother's children shall have the one half of it. This you fairly promised, and I like a fool believed you ; and on them conditions, (thinking it would be but fair that both families should have it) I went with you to the Surveyor General's OfHce, stated to bira the terms we had come upon, and desiied him to let you have the grant in the other mitn's name : and that was all my brother's children got of the lot : but you got it into your own hsnds, which no doubt was your aim, all along. The two foregoing • tatements show very clearly, I think, what the love of money will do. My thoughts last night brought the following circum^itance to my recollection, one of your Worships on a cettain occasion, addressed me thus, Mr. Mack, said you, I think by this time, you must bo near- ly superfine : for you have been through H.'s Mill, and through D. and W.'s Mill, and are now going through W.'s Mill : and by the time you get through the one you are now in, I think you will be quite ■uperfioe. And I did not wonder at all at your saying so, for those three Mills ground two thousand pounds out of our pockcis. And shortly after I had passed through the above described Mills, I got hooked into another, which may well be called Houston's Mill, and although I was not long in it, nevertheless, it gnve me a pretty •evere ^grinding ; for it ground me into Halifa;^ Jail about nine o'clock in the evening of a very cold night ; where I had lo stop the remainder of the night, in what is called the long room : and part of the ne.\t day in one that was more rerpeciable. The particulars o( my passage through this Milt, has some remnrkable things connected with it, and perhaps may be given, in a subsequent piece. And after I had passed through tho^e four, besides some other private Millc, not yet described ; I then passed through the Committee Mill, already mentioned. And not long after I had been ihus ground, so as to be miide one or two degrees finer than superfine ; and almost into dust '. your honours then, by paying ten pounds out uf our'own i mnm0tm' ■•■tw mi0mm' mm nm'mr'w* t n ^^ f^^^HUmmiM 29 R*. •• H I V I. >i »: ■\*-^ II 'Sf^ pocket*, to a drunken informer, got me fixed into what may juslly be caUed, (though it gives ofTenco.) a D — . S — . F— . Mill I m which I liave been ground for (he last eight years. But I hav<^ -nade up my mind to make my escape from that Mill, after the neat spring term. And then, after being thus ground by others, I intend to aet to work grinding for the public, on my own accoiiot. And if any of your Worships could recomn.end mo to a good Miller, (for of course I shall have to employ one,) I should feel very much obliged to you : onu that will not take too much toll, but will do justice, both to the public, and to myself. And then, if your Worships, end the public in general will favour me with your custom ; so that 1 miijht get as much ground back again into my pockets, as have been unjustly ground and squeezed out of them ; I think I should feel very thankful. But if not so much, and I can only get enough to pay the Aliiler, and keep him at work ; and can see any prospect of benefitting my fellow creatures, I eipecL to continue ao long as I am able. White I'm able to gogitaie by nights, And in the morning to sit down and write :, 1*11 work and grind for the public that way, An9 from taem try, to get part of my pay. ; Par-ti-a-li-ty ! I mean to expose, To all those who will look bayond their nose ; Sona good I think, it will do to the world. From whence such a thing ought surely be hurld ! I think you'll know what I mean by this time, For I have told you in Prose, Verse, and Rhyme. More night thoughts, last night I lie thinking what excuse could be made for those who were acting in public oGices, and have beeri grinding me as I have described : and I could find none except for one: and for bim I formed some in my fourth letter, viz : **-The Judge being a stranger I did not blame, Fori perhap-i, might havo done the same : Tbo' sure, I certainly think that be ought. To have taken, more pains to search it out : And aot depend on what he was told. By those, who in par-ti-a-li-ty ! grows bold !'* Now there are no doubts in ray own mind, but what, by bein^ a. Stranger and believing what had been told bim by those great committee men, about the Macks bsing a lawless set, &c. was the cause of bi« mind being" influenced by exparte statements, and by crafty and ma- lignant insinuations," which he ought not to have allowed. Yet 1 really believe that, I might have been catched in the same trap myself up to that time : for what stranger could thought it possible tiiat, such people could have acted as ihey did. But I could find no excuse for those who pretended to be cay friends, (for surely it could be nothing else,) and would thus rhsiiiuate things into the mind of <« stranger. — And if they think I hare deserved such U9age from them, either in their public capacities or private characters, then let them point out which way ; either to mveelf orto the public, which they pleaeo : this 1 re- quire, demand, and dare them too. By a Lawyer I was told, eoon i^ftor my first statement had been been received, tb%t he hc3rd the /udge say, I should h%VQ my mouey C2 am mmmmm mmmtmimm^ tBllj be |which J up my |tflrm. •el to of your leball ono public, general ground [squeezed Jo imich, |t work ; expect se could ve been for one: bein^ s. nmitieo 5 of hi* nd mil. Yet I myseif use for 10 thing ger — n (beir si re- I been moaey MMII 30 paid back. And I really believe he thought that i*. ousht to be : and in my owa opinion, it would have been ; bad there not have been too many who thought otherwise. And why you should thua o'eil with me, asaJQ I reque&t to know the cauao ? St. Peter says, '• For it is bet- ter, if the will of God be ao, that ye snfiferfor well doing, than for evil doing.** And I say, I have not suffered for evil, but for welldoing : and defy any proof to the contrary. But perhaps, your !Yorships might wish to know what good I have ^one : and if so, I will inform you. Ever since I have been a bus- band, a father, and master of a family, which has been for nearly forty four years ; I have endeavoured to discharge my duty as I ought Id all Ihoie capacities; working hard during the greater part of that time ; to Jrocure a livelihood for myself and family. During which time, we ave raised up 6ve sons and six daughters to be men and women grown; till the youngest has become a married woman : and have endeavoured to bring them up in an honest and industrious way ; and in> the nurture and aUnionition of the Loid : besides barying five while young. And now I am a grandfathci to nineteen children in Nova-Scotia, and I ex- pect to four or five in England. And if I live till the tl ■■If III 111 I" I) 'I w tmmm^am*! " ' ri Ml / \i\ ( [ ' I i ' !i 31 tame place in letter B. that the lot was in in letter A. which ue had bought, and was afterwards moved away to the Westward aa atatej bafore ; has since that time, by passing through the Court of Chancery, fallen into the hands of lour of my own sona: and for which thoy would not take four timo the sum it co»t thorn ; which was Dearly fifty pounds. Strange things •ometimcs take placo. Aod I also thought that, after all the charges I had brought agaiiisii the two comnaittee meo, and one more gentleman amongbt you, at that time ; that it would also be right to give you what credit you justly deserte : for I would wish to give every m-") their juat due. You have all three been very kind in hiring money W us, when ever I asked tor it : and one of you have been so kind as to offer it on your own accord without being asked. You offered me the sixty pounds I bad to pay after pas 'ing through Houston's Mill. And you have all entertained myself and other:* of the family at your own houses ; and liketvise yourselves aod ladies have visited us, and been entertained at our bouse. And we have owed one of you about eight hundred pounds at one time > and you never required any other security than a note of hand : ani you got for us a bounty on turnips for one year : and at dif- ferent times have taken me by the arm, and we have walked along very lovingly and friendly together. Now I look upon all those things to be true aad real marks of friendship : and had you not have knock- ed me down at other times, as I have staled ; I should always have ronsidered then as such. But such hard blows as I have received from you, has given me reason to suspect there was something at the bottom of all that friendship, which was far from being genuine. I hare given all the Cr. that I could recollect : but I can assure you thai, I bave not produced nearly all the Dr. yet. I have only kept this kind of Dr. and Cr. with three of your Wor- ships ; nor have I any thing t;o bring agai^tst any more of you in parti- cular, except the Wharf and d— a — f — Mill grinding : and I will leave tbaVbusiness, for each ef your own consciences to inform you what part you have taken in it. There are none of you, who have been made Magistrates, since four years ago next term, that could have had any band (as Magistrates) in the slope fine business ; except in not having ^heoverplusstoll paid back. And, in my opinion after you re- ceive this, that you bad better give the sheriff orders to pay it back to its proper owner : or, to give me an order upon him for it. Then please to pay back the overplus toll, ' Either in good Bank Notes, Silver or Gold ; For either will be acceptable to me. And that you may have the pleasure to see. And at the conclusion of the above thoughts, perceiving the letter to be daily growing ; the following lines came into my mind. It grows— as if of spontaneous growth ; It grows frooQ the pen, and not from the mouth : It grows both night and day — it still grows on — . It grows — till at length it has grown quite long. It grows midway — and not from the top — I It grows — and I can't tell when ft will stop ! My last DQclur'i^al thoughts commenced wii^ \7bat Jcsepb 6aic!> ttftmmm mmmnmtm m'tf^tim'm* mm/im ■ JW^W^ re had jatatej icory, Jwould founds. gainst |at that justly u have ed for accord to pay tained likewjae at our nds at Dote of I at dif. along things knocit- 3 bava ecoived at the ine. I ou thai, tail}. 32 when be made himself known to hia brethren ; ha eaiJ, *' Nnw there- fore be nor grieved, nor angry «vith jouritfilves, (hat jc add me hither : for God did send me reform yon to preserve lifo." Now I will stay nearly the lame to your Wonthips, Be not angry or grieved with your- •ekes, forTvhat you have done to me : for, I believe i't wa» God that done it, for the purpose of exposing par-tt-a-li-ty ! For otherwise, I eanoot conceive how it could be possible, " for well doing," how any buman being could have received sucbu^iAge, from their fellow creaiaree, as I bare received from your Worships. Again, I thought of Pharoah'a case, how his heart tvas hardened, for the purpose of causing him to dothin the children of Israel, till the Egyptians were afflicted with the (en plagues. The Lord said to Moaet, " And I will harden Pharoah'a heart, and multiply my signs and my wonders in the land of Egypt.*' And agnin ho said, " For I have hardened his heart, that I might shew these my signn before him." And it appears to me, had not the hearts of iho^e committee men, and some others among you been hardened ; thai they never could have used an innocent man. as I have described. But, if they can make oat that, I am not that innocent man I profess to be ; then let them do so 10 the s^isfaction of the public. P^aioah at different times drove Moves from his presence : one time ha said, '* Get tbee from me, take heed to thyself, see my face no more." But tome it was only said, ** write no more to us, or we must take notice of it.'* I believe all those things were done in order that par-ti*a-li-ty ! might be the more clearly exposed, by being ex- bibited to public view. And this belief causes me to feel no ill to those who have thus used me. Again, (ho Lord, in speaking to Pharoah, •ays, *• And m very deed for thi-i cause have I raised thee up, that I might shew in thee my povier, &c. And the Lord said unto Moses, Fbaroab shall not hearken unto you ; that m; wonders may be multi- pkied in the land of Egypt." Nor would your Worships hearken unto me, so as to pay back the fifteen pounds, until par«ti*a-li.ty ! and pi-:a-ti-cal nests ! should be properly exposed. For, had you paid me the fifteen pounds before, it would have put a stop to my writing ftny mere : and bad Pharoah let the children of Israel go before ha died ; it would have prevented some of the plagues from being intlicted. Again, God said to Moses, " And I behold, I will hearden the hearts of the Egyptians, and they nhall follow them : and I will get me honour upon Pharoah and upon all his host." And now he will get him honour, in exposing par>ti«a-li-iy ! and pi-ra-ti^caf nests I And, in the protection of those who put their trust in him : for bis word declares that, " They who put their trust in him, shall never be confounded." Such is my belief, and the ex'cusa i make, for those who call themselves fricnus, but contradict their profession by their works which f think spenk louder (ban words. Feb. 25 Thi3 morning I took a walk up (o the Dam; and while there I recollected a law that foiaeof your Worships made, not many years since ; which was. That no fish ehould be caught within ono hundred feet of the Dam. Now it appears to me, that such a law must have been planned, by somo .very deep end designing person, or per- sons. In that law were contained the rollowing language, viz. Al- though you own ;hc place fyherc you catch your fish by purchase i i •« fmirtmmer »,»«■»■■ mm* "mmm l,iMllll< l« in. ■wwn mfmi^ 53 and have eojoyeJ the privilege for more (bin Bfty jeari : neTerlhiloei, you are now to enjotv it no longer : for we prefer letting the tiah ill run pntt yonr pl«ce ofcaiching tiiem, up to (he people who live ai the head of the river. You can fiah below (hat distance, where we do not eipect that but few, if any can be catched, as long as you pleaie.<» Such please your honoura, was the language contained in 'bat law. And now allow me to ask a few plain, aimple questiona, First, Do you think it was right for you (o make such a la nr? one that would deprive us of a priviledee we bad come by boneatiy ; and bad (o my oertam knowledge, enjoyed for more than fifiy years ? I. Dc you not think we did riglit in breaking such a law ' 3. Can you believe that the Macks ougcit to be called a lawless set for breaking it ? And 4(b. Can you have any reason to believe that, those who have planned, and been at (he bottom work, of thus {(riisding an innocent man for BO many years ; in the 'different Milts that I have dcAcribaJ, until he was ground almost into dust, can be people who fear God and hunoor the King ; under whose authority they act ? I req'iest you (0 answer the above questions, as candid'y as I did (be question you asked me U«t spring term. You asked if I thought that catchmg Alewives wilb ■cines, below (he mouth of the river damaged the fishery ? l cannot believe it io be of any other damage, than preventiing what GsL .bey would catch, from running up the river. One of your Worships .mid, *■ A very candid answer." And I hope that you will answer ti^ose ^ueations as candidly and impartially as 1 answered yours. The law I have mentioned, and the commatee work, when my or- der waa detained, till a letter was wrote to others that they might get the )aDd before toe; and while taking breakfast with one of its members, that ■n order should be wrote and signed in favour of another ; and when they would not sign my oidej as well as for others : and the slope fine busioesa, besides many other things, all seem to bo i.- unison with each other. And, if it can be right for any of his Majejty'a subjects to be thus used ; then I hope that some one will convince tue of my error : for if it is right, I must be in great error. I should like very well to know what answer bis Majesty King William, would give to the foregoing queftiona ; and wb»t be nould say to the usage I have had, as pointed out in my letters to your Worships. Methinks he would express his astonishment, nearly in the following terms ; I am quite astonished that any of my subjects should be thus used, and especially when I perceive that the usage complain* ed of, are from those ver^ gentlemen, who act as magistrates under my authority ; and who h.ive been chosen, (or ought to have been) Tor the very purpose of preventing such thiucrs, from ever taking place : and that they might administer both law and justice, impartially to all my subjects, over whom they are placed. And my astonishmcni is still increased, (I think ha would say.) to perceive that they do not lay any thing criminal to Mack's charge : not even in their reprimand. They say to hira, you don't wnte in a good spirit ; there are refiections in yodr writings ; you call the fine, a Dam fine piece of business ; yojr respectability has saved you so far, but do not you write to us any more, or we must take notice of it. Astonishing indeed I For they do not even lay the ciiarge of falpefcood to bin wnfng:', or contradict any part of them ; but try to intimidate him, so as to put a stop to his complai committee i shipi. for t' thui with t And t( again, do : they high tgaiost ar until the cl •Iwaya p»! and otben Domioiom that old fi perfectly i iog so mij tial jusiic ti«n of pa For they put to aV language question: ters to y destrocii since be A law, I Ii an un< I thou ceive purpo! for th publti circui time aome of all itati mmmm 94 my or- get tbtf r», that d when ope fine ith each ■ta to bo error : ly King i novld to your ' in the should nplain* dermy fn) for p/ace : ■ to all is still y any Thcj >n8 m yojr 9 any they adict Dp to hit complaints. And I think he would further add, and «ay to ihoi*; committee i^ftitlemen, if no more, " Give an account of thy steward- ■hipe, for thou mayest bo no longer stewards, over my subject* to deal thui with tbeoi." And to some of the others, I think his Majesty would soy, Nevor •Ifain, do f ou listen to the insinuations of any of your brettiront be they high or low, rich or poof, or to any other person or persons •gainst any of my aiibjecta ; so as to deal with them as a lawless net ; antil the charge has been more fairly proved a^nindt them. You should always pay strict attention to (he rules laid down by Sir Richard Piiilipa •od others, for those to follow, who act as ftlagisirates in any of my Domioions. And in my opinion, he would further aJ 1, and say, I ihmk that old Mack, (or whatever else he might please to call me) has dorie perfectly right, to expose such things : and I should hope that his do- ing so might have its desired effect : which appears to be, ihat impar* lial justice might be administered to all of my subjects : to the desiruc- ti«n of par-ti-a-Ii-ty ! And to the breaking up ot all pi-ro-ti-cal nests ! Far they are what I do not coimtenanco, and would wish to see a stop put (o all such abominable things ! Such I thinic would be nearly tlio language of his Majesty, our good King WMIiam, in answer to the questions, I have asked, and to the complaints [ have made in my let- tera to vour Worships : for it appears that he has been aiming at the destruction of such abusas, and at a reformation of other thing;), ever ■ioce be ascended to the throne. I haTC been called crnxy, lazy, and fool ! Take this letter, for samples of the whole : And remember — those who wmh to be wise, Tb£t foots you musit become to aain that prize. Let thia aink deep — into every heart. Nor don't you from there, e'er let it depart : Impartial wiadom— then will you i;ain. Which you ahould strive very bard to obtain. After three nocturnal studies, since I thought of the Dam and fish law, I have wrote what is staled from that time. In my studies last nit^h, I thought ihat this letter was growing to •D uncommon length ; and that my letters in general were long. And ' I thought it would be right to give my reasons for their being so : I per- ceive that my reasons were as follows : — They are ail wmten for the purpose of upholding the truth ; and for theJestruction of errors : both for the benefit of (hose to whom I write, and also for the benefit of the public, before whom I expect them to appear. Therefore, under thone circumstances, 1 do not think proper to knock (hem off in double quick time : as I said to two Baptist Ministers, that they did, in answering some of my long letters : and as they are very short, for (he satisfaction of all who may read this, I will produce a cupy of one oi them, just as itaiaads'in the original. Domitian was considered a filly man «vhen catching and killing flies when he ought to have been Governing Rome '^'^^^vmmmfmmmm fimm^^mw^ «»««sw ■ M" < "^ ■■- ■ ...^. J ^ ^ 55 t\U and I am •ttr€ 1 would be more to If I took ihc (rouble lo lead and answer auch Jafgon afl comes from under the band of the too well known hut Simple Superaiilious Samuel Mack The abore letter camo from one who had eneaffed himself for a preaoberof the gospel : in answer to one of my lona letters. And I think it may he e:.i«ilj known from his letter, bow well be was c^uvlifi- td to fulfil bis engagement. To you before, I did apologize. For the length of this letter, and its size ; Now then I must spelogize once more. For 'tis thrice so long as it was before. The piece that huve been put in the middle, ' Has lengthened it out, more than a little : NotwitbatandtDg, I hope you'll me axcuve, Nor think your patience I mean to abuse. March 6. This morning, between five and six o'clock, T recol- lected what I beard a man aay, nearly fifty years ago . he bad b«en a preacbsr of the gos;el, but waa then pleading a case at the bar : and while thus engaged tor his client, he said, *' Damn, all, par-ti-a-li-ty !** And I calculate ai« the Yankees say, that it ought to be d — d. And I guess (hat all who has been ground in its Mills as fine as I have would aaj the same. After I wrote the above, breakfast being then ready, I opened the Testament, to read a chapter, and pray ; a^ my cuiitom is : and opened it on the 2od. chap. St. James's Epistle, which I read : and it appeared to me very applicable to the subject of my letter. For, in that chapter we are shewn the evils c'par ti-a-li-ty ! Of opprei^sion ! And the folly of expecting to be saved by faith without worics : which may be called Antinomianism. With regard to par-ti-a-li-tj ! the Apos- tle says, *' Are ye not then partial in yourselves, and are become jujjges of evil thoughts .'" The same as when the Alackfl were judiiMPwpi«M|»p \\ v >9 v * m *'i mmmmfvi^ 36 ihould fail in my doty towards my family, were I not (o look after tho Tiftfcn pounda p I ihinli that I would. 6. Do not you bslievo thai T ougbt (if I could) 10 recover the whole amount of my nccount tendered 10 your Worthipa in 1683, with interest till paid ? My belief la, tbai I ibould baTO an uodoubied right. For in my own opinion, it wahow iha% the guilty otten eacapo in this world, when even the innocent are punished. But it will not be so in the next, that is one good thin^. And now T ask, was all that doin; as you would witib that others should do unto you ? And do you tliiiik ttiat, you have acted towards me, according to justice and impartiality f I shall leave these two quenurns for yourselves and the public to «olve. David, in his prayer to God, said, '* Let noi ttiem that are mine enemies wrongfully rejoice over me : ne ther let ihi^in wink with the eye that hate mo without a cau«e." Bill I nfj, with Stephen, " Lord lay not thene sins to thsir eharf?«>." *' Now the things which I write unto jou, behold, bolore God, 1 lie nor." No more than true statements have I msde. For my pen I would not, en much degrade : Ah to state falsehoods, and say they are true. In no such wuy, do I ever persue. And since this is the last time I expect to trouble your NTorships, either about the slope 6ne business, or, for the H'te'-n pound: : I hope OQ that account, thtit you will excuse its length. For, ts it was to be IS M I .UJ. I'l l 40 \ (i«(l I und ■" Lie vguin, I, and jrhese ibour; lone of lof you lings I prt are [hority; it was dences, and ex- 3erv«d ; ids fruiii I ^^top to i duch ti lat even the kiwH thoin to nor man. their owa rself ; for vaa not ia y reque»t- eeo , from low "^hal leae ihingi eveif tho ;h»t is one ihat others ed towards > these two his prayer ully rejoice s without & ind to ihtir old, balere r NTorshipf* J: : I hope it was to be the lait, I had of course (o be the more particular : ao as (o do t^ caii above, is first pare, then peaceable, without par-i'-a-i ly, snd hypo- erisy !'* Such U the tv»?dom that ail should seek till they find. But Bioro especially those, who like your Worship!*, act in public capacities; particularly as Justices of the Peace In (he 2(iih rule for Magibtraies to go by, as mentioned in the 8ix;h letter to Worships ; it suys thus— *' A Justice of the Peace holding a commission from a constitutional King of England, and his authori'y under the mild laws of England, will always feel" (or ou^ht to feei) *' that his power is conferred for the purpose of incieasing the happiness of all who ure subjects to his cognizance, and within his jurisiiiciiun:" (but not by laying a hundred, or even a sixty pound slope line upon them.) ** that he is the guardian of public morals;" ( h;n they ought I should think, reprimand those who take false oaihs before thern,) ^* a conserveior of the peace, and protector of the public and personal rights of the people, and that it much depends on the wisdom and prudence of Justices of the Peace,'* (and in my opinion, on their impartiality too ;) *' wheiher the social compact which binds the people into one nation, under one ruler, and one code of laws, serve a^ a curse or a blessing." A most excellent rule, such as I am willir.g to live and die by. fiut where ia the use of having good rules to go by, when they are not attended too ? And certainly my siatementa will clearly show that they are not. And la my opinion, their conduct too often prove a curse instead of a blessing, to the people over whom they rule. And for proof of which, take a view of ray statenenis, besides many more that I could still produce. I now conclude, by subscribing myself as heretotoie, Your most obd'. humble aarvt. 8. M. " N. B. Since the two foregoing parts were written, T have bten teid by the Sherid'that the fifteen pounds is in his hands ; and that be Is ready to give it up, whenever you say the word. And if you don't see fit to give thai word, 'Twill show thui your conduct lemains absurd ; But if you do— then you'll do right at last. And I will forgive whatever has past. And I have found out at last, after four years are nearly expired, where ihe f een pounds are dopos ted : but no thanks to your honours, surely, for ihat information ; for though I requested to know what you had done, or was going to do with it, and also what my i^speciabili*/ kl mmm WH "! ^\ '9i \> \ ' ii '4 ? I |:|i % if Si' ' ij i. H» M ■^ 41 had eared me 'torn : nevvllietesi, you would not even grant theae two •mall favours. *' Fin'tlly, brethVen, farewell, be perfect, be of good comfort, be of minJ,'* &c. And it appearu that you are, in youi con- duct towards myself. Please excuse plain dealing. 8( M. On the cover I wrote as follows, The wiibin had grown to such an uncommon length that t intend- ed to have inclosed it in clean pipor : but receiving the 23d No. of the Temperance Recorder the day after it was fitiiahed; I have thought proper to make some observations on the last part of the charge given to the Jury on the libel case ; it is as follows, '* If they, (ihe Jury) should decide (hat it is not a libel, ihey will, in efifect declare, that the papers contain no charges against the Magistraiea ; and it would be for them to say, whether such was the case.*' Now it appear! to me, that this was in effect, saying Ihua— Every charge brought against Magistrates, be they great or small, just or uc- just, and ever so much the truth ; still, they are libels : and of course those who bring them may be justly prosecuted for libellers. And it goes farther still ; for according to my opinion, it says thus — Magis- tiates you can filch not only one, butiwo thousand pounds a year from the public if you think proper so to do. Or, you can show aa much par-ti-a>ii-ty ! and oppress those over whom you rule, and grind them with as many d-~ a — f — *s and in as many par-ti-a-li-iy Mills, as you please : even till they are made as fine as vou wieh them to be ; and you can take toll enough to pay informers and all other expences ; and as much more aa you like. And if any one will dare to be bold enough to make any complaints against you for fo doing ; they shall or may be prosecuted for libellers. . How astonishing ! for were such things supported, or even aliotved ; it would bu establiiihing the very worat kind of tyranny and oppression : such aa I have never beard of uodec the most de;?potic government. But I am happy to find however, for the benefit of both the present . and future ages, that the Jury did not cunsidRr it in the same light ; and therefore gave in a j ist, right, and proper verdict ; such as deserve the praise and thanks ot the whole coniniunity. And when Magistrates, and all who act in public capacities, know before hand that their con- duct will be pointed out, it will cause them to act on quite a different ■ cale to what they have done for many ye.irs past. And in my opinion il is high time that a stop should be put to siich things ; and that Ma- gistrates should be tau;^bt better lessons; so that Justice might be more impartially done to all svho live under our good Government, and are eubjdcts to sc> good a King : oae who' wishes no injustice done to any^' of bis subjects. Let the conduct of public men come forth, Be known from East to West, from South to North : Par-ti.a To fif htagainst them with all their might. They have first began at the fountain head, ' To show that we — no danger need to dread ; But come forth boldly — injustice oppose, Votil it shall not dare to show its nose. It is the beginning of happier days, When Magistrates will have to mend their ways : Kot carry oo oppreijsion, under their mask, Aod is it not high time, now then I ask i Again I ask for the overplus toll, Which your Worships ought pay, if not the woole But even that much, io belter than naught, A long time for it, indeed I have wrought. 8. M. B EM ARKS. When I had read the foregoing statements over many times, and Indeed all along ; there appeared to be something very (trange in the whole history; but especially from the time of our last election, (1830) when for the first time in all my life that I had given my votes to any one r I then gave them to three of the candidates in the following man< Iter '.— l was sitting ju8t in front of the sheriff, and when asked who I was going to vote lor, I stood up and said, I am for au entire new suit, from top to toe ; without fear, favour, or afiTection : meaning for them words to be taken for my votes, as there were just a now set of candidates up, besides those who had been in before. But 6nding that thesheri^did not underetand me, I then said, I vote for Mr. so and so, calling titem by their names, and added, and I am for breaking up all piratical nests ! which words seemed to be so powerfully impressed up- on my mind that very ii stant, that it appeared to me I could not keep tbein back : and knowing they would otTund those against whom I had toted, (which soon after I found was the case,) my feelings were much hurt, and I fell vL-ry sorry for some time after, that they had proceeded from my lips. But I soon believed that I had done right, aod that it would work so in the end. Many (>erhap!i, may think it strange that I had lived to be more than atxty ;ear8 of age, before I had given my vote lo any one ; and ■"I ""IW n m » '" iii .' '>'| ■.HI •'t' ^ A /,', ' > i 43 perhnpa mighl Tvish to tnow the ciiipe; which T ►hall now moke kno\Ta. By the time I bad a right to veto, the way that elortions were cnrricU •n, and voles given in, I percoived that ihey mtide parties, and crea- ted party feelings ; and often mtjoh ill will from the candidates towards those who voted agnin ten throughout the whole, is iba truth, and nothing but the truth, (thoHgb not the whole truih,) simply, plainly, and conscientiously ; without the least exaggeration, according to the be^t of my knowledge. And I further declare that, I do believe, I have been instructed in its perforniaoce,'by Him who alone I style Master : and that I have wrote it with a single eye to his glory, and for the good of the community at large. Though I do not pretend to deny, but what it was partly wrii- teo, and especially up to my last letter, for the purpose of recovering back the overplus toll. But it may be easily seen by my first 8tate< ment, till near the end, that I had no idea of asking for any pay back: but it appears in the latter part of that statement, that I demanded pay, and threatened, if they would not pay me, that 1 would put it in the Newspapers. Notwithstandin$r, I verely believe, had they only paid the Fifteen Pounds any time before the last letter was written, that I should have stopped wriiing to them, and proceeded no further. But they have neither paid me, nor given any reason why they did not,, nor bare they even till the present time ; 9ih October, 1S35. 9ih October. I have been told by name who came from Queen's County that some of my good friend.-* in Liverpool, are not well pleased with my advertisements, put up there. And I make no doubt, but they would much rather continue to grind others, in their Mills ; thjn to have their own conduct ground between the ponderous stones of the Mill of Truih. But in my opinion, turn and turn about, is no more than fair play : and as tbey have already had theirs, I think they thould be willing now, forme to have mine. To my good friends, I wish not any harm. But still I think its right, to sound an alarm ! That to such things — there may be put a stop, Aiii all pi«ra-ti-cal nesta be broken op ! »'. I " mum WHfUfff'^^^^ — t«»»lt« 44 known, cnrricd d crea- owards , but it ught it ake my ir laws what- ious (o uld aaj ,\ THE AUTHOR'S MOTIVE AND REASONS FOR PUBLISH ING THE FOREGOING LEITEHS. 1. Feeling it to be a duty, that he owed to bis Lord and Mas- ter. 2. To his King and fellow subjucia in general. 3. Especially, his fellow subjects and brethren of Nova Scoua. 4. To support Truth, Justiro and Impartiality. 5. To tsxposr whatever are in opposition to tho9e blessed principles. 6. To expose ^nd break up pi'ra-ti cal nesta! 7. In order that all who have in times past, allowed themselves to be let* sstray by pur-ti-a-li-'y ! may see the evils which attend such con- dact ; and thereby to do better for iho future. 8. That others who may hereafter be honoured with places in public ofHces, (where no in- justice or par.ti-a-lim, and will not pay back : not even the overplus toll, which has been lour years deposited iu the hands of the sherifT. But perhaps, many may think that, (be author's last reason ought to be placed in front, and not in the rear-rank of his reasons. To such be confesses, it was some time before he could decide on that point ; but at length have, with a clear conscience, decided and set theu down as they now stand. For, in publishing this little pamphlei,. His aim was, to benefit the public : T*"^ evils of par"l ra"li"tv to show, *ilo all b'.s fellow creatures, both high and tow ! And sure, be did engage to o hij best,. To break up ev'ry pi'ra'ii^cal nest ! AN ADDRESS AND SOME HINTS TO THE PUBLIC. I tddresB the public as fellow mortals, who, with myself, are all- rapidly passing through time, into a never ending eternity ! O tho solemn and awful thought ! ! Where each one will have to give an ac- count of bis own Atewardship. Then I think you mu3t agree with rco in saying,— We should learn to live while in this. world, as we may •uppose that we would wish we bad when we come to die. 1 have now, two or three requests to ask those who may lead thia piece, which are as follows, viz : That they will be kind enough to look over, or excuse all the grammatical errors, which might be found in it : that they may endeavour more to understand what I mean, than to criticise on what is written. And I do flatter myself with an idea,. that such will bo the case, with all the honest hearted, and conscif^'Ui- / ous part of those who may read it: and who wish for truth and imparti- ality to be more firmly pjtablisbed iu the world : to the destruction of every opposite principle- And when I inform thera that, I know nothing of gramm-\r, only from iny own judgement, having never learned any of Its rules, they vill then, not think it fair, or worth their while to criticise, or to attack either myself or my writings on tbat acoie. And ahoulvl 1 be so lonuaate, at to gain over lo my aiie,. % r J 1 m ••rnifi U.II , II..II I mmmm ,/ 45 I ^) that part of the community, T shall car« but very little about thoie wh9 art) on the other Hide. My only reqiiOHis to luch are, ahoulJ thay think proper to v rite any thini; aoanist myself or my writings, that they would be kind enough to >ijn iheir own namea \u what they may write : that I may kno^v who they are. And, that, they may think ▼ery seriously of their pnst coridnci ; and aUo of their probable futur« ■tale, ahould they continue in the same, till death. I have only staled a part of what par-ti-a-li-ty ! haa done to my- ■elf and family; and had I related all ihat I know of its doings to our- ■elves and others, in;»(ead of ihiii pamphlet, it would have made a pretty large volume: for althoujjh I know of no other Dam, fine, place of work, having ever taken place ; ncverthele«s, I know of mora fine Court work, and tine partial work, and whit I cull tine disbonast wofk ; some sampler of earh, I intend alr^o to lay before the publie : provided, tbey shew by ihe purchasing of this, that they ibiuk, I do what U honest, fair, just and right ; Whan against par-li-a-li-iy ! [ fight ! «, All men I do think, should oppose it strong, Wall knowing indeed — that it maat be wrong. Methi.nks that all who buy, au Almanack-* Ihould atso buy a Pamphlet, of old Vlack : To help him along, in that kind of way. For its the pkn be takes to get his pay. And il*s the truth, which always will stond by. Therefore indeed — should be prized very high ; Not like an Almanack, good foi one ynar : Th« truth forever will stand by us we hear. ** Zenebbable*' made out, that truth waa strODgi Than on tbe side of truth, all should belong ; An Almanack, soon gets quite out of date. But long the truth will stand, in 8>:ite of fate. Should any winh this pamphlet to borrow, Please aay nhat has been sung by our mother ; Buy, buy, buy, has many times been I heir tuae* I then should be paid, and that very soon. Surely not one, to Justice who's a friend, Wid think it right, thii pamphlet to lend ; Until T' >ai i* printed are all sold off. Or perhaps ii^ au hor might suffer loss. ^ Ha hopes that all will buy and pay to day, -» For 'twill be the fairest and safest way ; _ And then they might lend and trust to-morrow. This way from iotiii, would save its poor author. *Twit! show, what par>ti-K-li.iy has done. And ho«v i( makea men, miny times do wrong ; Every man, should pick in it a flnw, Fwr aometimes it s^jojld, both Justice and Law. NHPilli*! fmmmnKfmmmm 46 X .* •». . «■■/( Alfbo* when it is seen, it brings diagraee, 'iVeTerthAlesf, ii goes frnm pince to place ; Kffln in the pulpit, doinetitnej ii creeps. And where (here ia power, it aeldom sleeps. ptr-ti>a-li-ty ! moat ugly thing ! I^or on man's character, jou leave a stinj ! You ought lo be driven, c'ean frnn: the world. From ever; man's heart. jOu should be hurld. I*T^ often seen, and sometiniss f«It you loo, And ofi'times heard, of the courtie you peraue : IVhicb makes me well know, how to point you out, Bj telling yojr friends what they are about. 1 have seen your works, and evil practice, 'And bow you have prevented good Justice ; Toa go about slily, from plane to place, Tho* JOU know very well, you bring d.agrace. , You must eipect, all but yourself are blind. That cannot sec which way you are iuclineJ : For did you but knoA, how plain you aro aeen, Oft'times where you were, you would not hive been. I'm sorry that, such things 1 have to state, But the plain truth— I must indeed relate ; 'Tis now many years, s nee 1 firNt b<^gun, And iu the same way still, I mean to run. Pointing out what's vronj;, while ever I live, To the public I mean, its view to give ; That they may see, how things ure go ng on— ' And wbo it is indeed —that's doing wrung. Thero needs some one, in every County,. And surely they would denerve a bounty ; That. would exf>ose such itungx, bring them to view,. Then practice the like, there would be but few. Fsr-ti'S-ii-ty ! then, would have to cease, And if iti not checked, it may Hiill mcrMsce , But when it is known, that it brings d.vgrace, ▼ery likely then, it may hide us face. People then — would act in a better way, And not be half so Apt to go as^fay ; For they would know, Home one were looking on, Aod would not w.sb to sliow, that ihey did wionj^. But why not think, ihat they are seen of God' Indeed it louki* to me, to be qu te odd ; How they dare to do, such ih 04s in his sight, IV ell knowing He 8ee«-~th;liC Tiew. ■■...4 t.: f "-SI f ' When teeing a Sheriff and Lawyer travelling frem village lo ▼il- Ut9 and from houio to houae togethor, 1 went borne, aat down, eivi wrote tbo following Imes. When Sheriff and Lnwyer go logelher. The sight to me, don't look Tery clever ; Threaher and Swordfi.'h, they do represent. Indeed iL^uch a thought, I could not prevent : The one tpura up, and the other knock* doTTs, Too often practiced in Village and Town. Indeed I think, it is happy for them. Who keqp tbeiniielves clear of tiicb kind ofmen ; For ibey can rfjoice and feel very glad, Wbila many oihem muat feel very aad : To tee goodf and chatties, all took away, Themselvea put in jail, to mourn and lo pray. Sure, aucb is the work, which these men do make. And the Uuih it i>, ihat now I relate : But atill they're usafuU oft'times in their place, When tbey act right — and sometimes 'tis the case. But when aotne are advised to go to law. In eucb conduct, sure, I must pick a flaw ; If aay one uan — deny what I say. Now let bim come forth, and ahow me wbicb way. Some hinta below, for whom I hey m%y fit, . Wbicb are the very ones I mean to hit. If Judges were to travel on Sundays, And Lawyers with them did shoot partridges ; ^ The laws of God and man v^ould then be broke. And the God of Heaven they would provoke. Suidays, them and partridge should res', and sleep, Travel and shoot them the rest of the week ; Tbey should go lo meeting — sing psafm? and pray, Wbicb I think would be the far belter way. 1 •1)0d« J And how I hope — none wilt in me pick flaws. For only doing Justice to my cause ; But all abould admit, that I must be right. When against par-ti-a-ii-ty ! I fight ! . And should any one say, that I've done wrong. On the right aide I think tbey cao't belong : And I've said — from the time it was begun. For the good of my brethien it was done. That par-ti-a-l>-ty ! m^ght he deitroyed, For. most sadly it ban the world anno)ed ; And, I have only R'rove and done my best, To break up #ucb, a pt-ra-u-cil aeit ! to to ■a w ■1 ei piipiiwiawiiiWiBWWRWBinpwiwiiwP to Yil- • fMl ij 48 The following linei points out the Author's Ni\ina •l)od« : — Sure «ome have laid, that I am crazy-~ And other* that — Vm fool and lazy ! More try to make it out, if ihey cao— Unto aome I appear a good man. Enough I think, it ia to seo, that Lunatic, fool, and luzy I be ! My name by searcbing, you may find here— And mind if you do, what course you iteer : Couot ailver and gold, but dung and drose, Knowledge recrive by bearing the crost. M7 place of abode, aow you may know. If you'll look sharp, along as you go ; XiOok along, across every Ime, Let it occupy some little time. ' See that your treasure, is placed aboTe— Tain will it be, this world to love : If you ahould now, my place discover. Learn you may, a little however. Lord help you then, to watch and pray— > And then to walk Ih the good old way : God give us patience and much love, Sndure us with wisdom from above. Ifow, even my Province you may find, Only bear it well upon yo>ir mind ; ▼enture you may, to look up and down, , And then my Country will be found : Sometimes it is cold, other times hot, '^ Gome further along, you'll find it out. Only mind, if that should be the case- To press forward, till you win the race : Id so doing— happiness you'll find, Aod much peace and comfort to the mind. I hope to be excused by my brethren afl. For trying to make par*ii"a*li*iy fall ! Tome it has been quite a painful task ; But I'm driven to it, I find at last. ^ \ hardly dared venture, my learning's so poor, To step on the ihreahoid of learning's bright door : But lelt myxelf called upon, to do my best. To break up every pi^rajiijcal nest ! I ehall conclude by saying. From firbt to last, in all my writings to the Magistrates, that I have not bad (he least desire, or intention to offend ; but notwithstonding, felt myself in duty bound, offend or ■01 offend, to expose par-ti-a-li-ly ! by makmg correct statements of what took place between them, and myself and family ; and if I have nade any incorrect stateinenia, for I. confess that I may ba liabls to •rr ; I now promise tb^t, when it is pointed out to my satisfaction — •r to that of any reasoaable parson) I will then make auch suitable n«< » W»w JSH^' jr,*.--' 49 i\\ tnd bumble actcnowledsf^ment, ii may bethought neceimry. And DOW, 10 far at what I have wiittfn may have a tendency to put a atop to par-tUa-litj ! or in anydeg rea to tupprevii what id wrong ; aupport and advance what ia right — encourage thoio in authority lo be only a Terroi to evil doera, but a praise unto them that do well— or to the recovery back of the whole, or any part of what haa been unjustly taken from us, but no further, I pray God to grant it hiableiaing, and to forgive our encmiea, for I believe they knew not what they d.J, Amen. And now I claim the priviledgo and honour of being tho Public 'f, If oat Obt. Humble Servant, SAMUEL MACIC. . V V < I I %• - < : i»gB(pi»i*miipnn»wwiwwpi^wnw^"^**"**' And a stop upport »nlj a to iha )ju.tly and ydid, tho t S. A SHORT WAr OF ANSWERING BOTH BAPTISTS AND PEDOBAPTISTS ; ANP SHOWING WHAT IS TRUE CHRISTIAN BAPTISM. 4 \ 9y^ -• While tb«7 are both, but for ahadowi fighting, The thing moit needful, they are neglectiDg ; True Baptism, ia that oflbe Hoty Ghoat ! Hold faat to that— let all the teat be loat. For water, more or lesa, makea but e aign^ There ia nothing in il that ia divine ; It only aervea to make contention. And apoil much lore and Chriatian union. The Baptiai: of love, that alone God'a ia ; There ia no other iaiP which can be hie ; But each one aervea for a partition wall. Which aooaer or later will have to fall. O my brethren, give op thia water war, 8u«h dii>putea, true Chriitiana ahould abhor ! Let nothing but love reign in each one'a heart, Diaputiflga then, will very aoon depart. If the Cholera were again to come. It ia moat likely, that it would be done ; For wbeo it brought death, to many in town. Much love and unity, did then abound. Beptiata end Methodisla, did then anite : And tbea I think, they did what waa right : They met together, in meetinga to pray, Bleit aurely brethren, that waa the right way* But when Cholera withdrew ita deadly ating ! Did not dUcatd then, very aoen begin f To apread ita bad effects both day and night. Can you think my brethren, that, that waa night f Crawley wrote against Elder— Richey against him- Theu wrote Jackson — then Taylor against him : All thia en, an unessential paint ; Do you think my brethren, all thia is right ? Too cut and you hack, one at the other ; Aa though not akin, ao near te brother ! IPlPWjWW W I H»l»im illl { gaW!^p»WH'"^l«»^ "•w^pimi^^w^"^ I miiiiXii .. ^ V % 51 Ii that the right way, my brethren T ask, To perform this great, controveriial task ? Aa an answer, brother Taylor *i ia the best- Exceeds, in my opinion, all the rest : Still I think, that he cuts rather keen, And that ao much cutting, ought not have been. And I mutt call the whole, a water war, Vhieh ev'ry true Christian ahould abhor ! 8till, if they would wish for the truih to fight, Bo it ID much more. love » I think they might. Some fight for Paul, aome for Apollua— And all only makjn|;, a great water fuss ! Now this is the truth, which yco will soon hear, Iv that my brethren, the right course to steer ? There*a some who think, they are ihe very best ; Who aeperate themselves from all the rest : Not at the Loid's table with them partake. It is the real truth, I now relate. Nothing but immersion or Cholera — Haaao far put a check to such bigotry ! And then 'twaa only for a litcle apace. Foe they soon withdrew, into their own place. Say brother, to one of another sect, They think it very wrong, e'en thus to act : Separate themselves as being the best, Biaatard's ! or heriiica ! are all the rest ! There's one Baptism, said the Apostle Paul ; Hold fast to that, and let all others fall : For tbey destroy much uni?y and love. And they cannot carry one soul above. For heathen nations, still ! think it right ; Id that respect against it I'll not fight : But aa a freeboro Roman, was St. Paul, So freeborn Cbristiana, ^re we all. All whoVeborn in a christian nation. Do, I surely think,, obtain that freedom : I do not mean the nature, but the name : But one Baptism the nature can obtain. Not all the water that's in the ocean — Can e'er wash the soul from its pollution : 'Twill need the Baptism of the Holy Ghost 1 Then hold to that—let all the rest be lost. 1 ©r H ■■- Mow my brethren, you had better give up, ' And to all this contention put a stop ; For at the best — 'tis but a water war, 'Which ev'ry true Christiaa should abhor ! I ihould not like 'gainst tny learned friends to fight, Valess for Calvinism, that they would write ; But then, I'd think myself on solid ground, While they would stead on quag-mite, all around. For one thing's sure, which all may plainly seei When I oppose it — right I then must be : For if not right, then I ought oppose it strong— And if )ti ri^ht, I never can do wrongs If lome one would, for that doctrine take up, I should be glad to see, how they'd make it out ; Then would I draw my Master's sword and 6ght, That others might judge, which of lis were right. If this good way, we would in love pcrsue. Some good I think, it might our brethren do ; ' 'Twould shew if Calvinism were right or wrong, Id the belief of which — many are strong. Of lervlce then, to many this might he, To open their eyes, on both sides to see ; Indeed this would be, an important point. Far greater surely, than the water fight ! Fathersi I'll not quote, but Fpeak of brothers ;. Who in this world, should not dispute like others :: For to each other, they should be more kind, Nor let disputes at all, disturb their mind. Tho* I certainly} think, that it is right. To stand for truth, on essential points ;. '^ut contend about water, more or lesft, it is extremely wrong, I must confsss. His own opinion, each one should enjoy. And brotherly love, it ought not to destroy ; But for the truth, should we see fit to fight,. Do it in love — and then we shall be right. For the truth should be supported by all, And all errors should be made to fall : Take the place it ought, of thia water fuss. For of that i think — we have heard enough. Many volumes, has been wrote on thiit point, Which makea no dififereoce, if wroug or right :m ■^5 ,f '- I »>~ ■ n*Mn fi,i,ii I iMUWW s 53 Writing much—on, an unessential thing, X>oes it not, my brethren, the conscience sting f O leave these things, which are like trifling toys, i-;/. And c^eave to those that bring substantial joya t Of true religion — love is the top stone, Tben hold to that, biJ all disiiutes begone. O my brethren, be more Baptized in love ! For that atone, can carry us above : ^nd will help us with, each other to bear ; Of this I think— you must be weit aware. If love is wanting, we're like sounding brass, Will scarcely, if at all, be saved at last ! Then brethren, seek and dtrive, until you find. The Baptism that'll make its possessor kind. How awful indeed .' is it not to see, Children of one family disagree ? Then why my brethren, fall out by the way. And I^eip each other to go far astray ? Toe see brethren lam a plain hearted man,. And think you must own, it is tho best plan : To write and tell the truth, to each other plain ;.. Ih love, and then we shall not be to blame. Be immersed my brethren, in perfect love ! For surely ihar, will carry ua abore — It is the Baptism of the Holy Ghost ! And is enjo)cd by all the Heav'niy Host ! Kxcuse me for the liberty I take. Also, for the objections that I make ; To all your mo^i uteless water war, Which ev'ry true 'Jhristian should abhor ! li was three o'clock on a Monday night, ^ When t^e author was taught this piece to write ; And thought it his duty to write it down. That it might be spread, through Village acd Town. Should my Baptist brethren, require proof of what I have said, touching them ; I now inform them that, I can produce it in great abundance. But lest they might not ask for proof, as I am afraid they will not ; I will just refer them to the shell which bursted on their Association, some years since, at Cornwallis : where they will find more than one hundred charges givea in, against a number oi lpMHn*9X**«|P9*P"«l">!n I ] '■ V( their preachers and deacons : which will sufficiently provsV ^' what I have said. And should they not be satisfied with what are there stated, then let them ask for more, and it jhall be produced, in such abundance, as will not fail to convince any reasonable person. But notwithstanding all the complaints I have made, and still have to make against my Baptist brethren ; there are many things belonging to their Church Government, with which I am well pleased. And I must do my brother Crawley the justice to say, that I have never heard him ^ preach any other than good sound Arminian, Bible doctrine : And especially ^iince I have been in Halifax this time. — But 1 cannot believe it to be fair preaching, when a man believes in one doctrine and preaches another. Since I have been in Halifa.\, I have heard three Presbyterian, four Methodists, one Church of England, and two Baptist Ministers preach; and they all preached the same doctrine. . But brother Crawley pleased me the best of any. Now, whoever believes the doctrine of Calvinism to contain the true Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ, as held forth in the word of God ; in my opinion they ought to P'">%ch it up boldly, without fear or shame ; and endeavour U^ V \ 'ince their hearers that it is the true Gospel. This- (v'^^'Lajgh I oppose it) is what I would call fair preaching. But I must agree with L. D. and say that Calvinism con- tains the following contradictions: "You can and you caa't, you shall and you sha'nt, you will and you won't, you'll be d — d if you do, and- you'll be d — d if you don't." And when I oppose that doctrine, I am sure of beirig^ right; for, ifit is wrong, then, undoubtedly, it must be fight to oppose it. And ifit be right, then, surely, no one- can ever do wrong : for, if God hath foreordained whatso- ever ^comes to pass ; then of course, he must have fore- ordained for me to do what I have been, and are now doing : and for every sin that ever has been, or ever will be com- mitted, till the end of time. Which in my opinion, makes it a far worse doctrine, then that of Universali&m, The Scriptures say, " That God is no respecter of persons ; but in every nation, they that fear him and workoth righteous- ness are accepted with him." Which would not be the case, ..were CaFvinism true : for, according to that doctrine, just to shew his sovereign power over his creatures, he hath chosen a small number to eternal life ; unto whom he be- stows his free grace (as they call it) in order to make them wmrtrnfrmmmf 4 4) K ^^ ^^ 55 Mr >^ ' « jv\|riis elect. And from ali the rest he withholds that free grace, W Jby which alone they could accept of his ofiercd mercy, have /,)f ' repentance toward God, and faith in our Lord Jesus Christ. I Which is being baptized by the Holy Ghost ! All this he I ' / does to sKew his sovereign grace to save the elect, and bis Kli / soverign power to condemn all the rest. The above sta lents, contain the true doctrines of Calvinism ; and r ly one should doubt my statements, let them require , and I will produce proof, from their _.own writings, iu great abundance : such us they can not ] dispute. Now it appear*, it has become tlieir drin, ^ Eacb others character, in love to sift : Even if my brethren, it should offend. Such love aa that, I cannot recommend. We are t;i>ld to be harmless aa a dove, Wise aa serpants. but each other to love : Which is the mark of our disnipleahip. Too many let this mark, entirely slip. They thinV it enough to love their own eect. In this way I can prove, too many act— And wilt, whenever that they say I may, !'!! prove it to them, as plain as day. I can brini; such proof, that none can deny ; And to prove it false, I would them defy : Par most assuredly, I have tracked them out* And often to/d them, what they were about. They have indeed, the arrogance (o think. That all but themselves, stand on ruin's brink ! There's none but tboir own sect, which can be right, Agaiaat such arrogance, it is I 6ght ! No lets, than Baptism erf the Holj Ghost ! Can ever save a sool from being lost : Then why so much, of all this water fuss, As of late, there has been seen amongst us ? But still I think,' it will all work right, CiSt us pray that it may with all our laight ; That all partition wails, it might break down, And let free grace be preached all round and routtd ! Pray excuiiie your brother, for writing thus. About your making such a dreadful fuss I Let all bigotry, an^* contention cease, Then love and unity would more increase. ^\ 'il \i^^ %i) ^ ym m*** ^ M. i,^ iw n i aw wi mmm i I I. 56 * TO THE READER. It has been observed by several, that I ought not have put my answer to the Baptists and Pedobaptists, into th<'' -pamphlet ; as the one was treating of worldly, and th other of religious subjects ; and therefore ought not b(^ united together. To those objections, I shall now mako the same reply, as I did to those who fini stated them. — It was my intention at first, to give but e. very short answer to my contending brethren, on the subject of their conten- tion : and to have it put in a Newspaper. But afterwards I considered that I was about publishing a piece myself — and that I might as well put it in as an appendix to the same piece. And for my own part, I could not see any impropriety in so doing. For as the first part states im- proper conduct in worldly, so also the last treats of impro- per conduct in religious matters : and why they should not both be put into the same pamphlet, I cannot understnnd. And surely, the greater variety ot important subjects is contained in'aoy pieice, of course, the more intere^iiug it must be. Now brethren, lat ua join heart. And we each other love ; Nor let it e'er frcm os depart. Till we arrive above. Thii morning at h« peep of day, Theae line* can\e to my mind : And thought it would, be the best way, For all to be moic kind. riSih October, 1S35. .•^ V„ upimimifn II!.