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 fious^ of Commons debates | 
 
 FOURTH SESSION-SIXTH PARLIAMENT. 
 
 SPEECH OF HON. EDWARD BLAKE, M.P., 
 
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 THE MEMr>ER FOR LINCOLN. 
 
 MONDAY, ITth MARCH, 1890. 
 
 liiic.'i he (ili\ ioiisly 
 
 liiiii. jii'iitk'iiiiiii Would 
 
 lu' ruk' to which he jiuve 
 
 Ixrii jirdvcd 
 
 Mr.liLAKK. Witli imiuh tliat tho hoii. IVesident 
 (if the CdiiiK'il hiis saiil^ V (iditeagroe. I agree with 
 him as to the ,s()itit in which tliist If use .sliould 
 a))])roacii the consideration of this ((Uestioii. I agree 
 M ith him that least of all (luestion.s whioh ean he 
 lirimght liefiire tlii.s Hoiise, ought tliis one to 
 iis-;iuiie in any sense a (larty complexion. I sii])- 
 posc all must have been struck hy the oliservation 
 made hy the lion, uiemher for T.,incoln, when he 
 gave hi.s explanation at the opening of this dehate, 
 th.it cxjiression of rcuret which, he .said, he enter- 
 tained at his nnfortmi.iii p<isition. in that after hav- 
 ing made his speech he was to K'ave tlie lloirse and 
 u iis ilisaliled fro:n pai'tii'ipating in the deliate which 
 \M)uld follow. If that dehati^ Were to lake the tone 
 which the lion, nieudier for I.incidn ohviously eon 
 ceived,ifil\vrelo proceed on tin " 
 iuilicated, tlie regret of llu 
 ha\e lieen jnstifieil, and t 
 deference by his ri'tirenieiit would have 
 to he an unr"a!<onalple rnli'. Hut, Sir, the regret 
 uus unfounded aihl the iuUms an entirely ica.sonahle 
 '.ill' ; liecausethat vaeantchai|-s|)eak.itnoi-estronglv 
 than the most elocpient languagi^ we could heaV 
 ill favor of the memlier who ia aliscin from it. 
 1 1 ipcaks in solemn tones, ami appeals to us in terms 
 iiioie forcilde thim any tiuigue eoulil use a.s to the 
 line whii li we slumld take, tin tone we sliould 
 adopt, till! .spirit wiiieli should animate us in 
 disposing of this ca.se. Why is that eliair \acant ': 
 It is vacant because oui' eolleiigue is, according to 
 the iiriiiciples of reason, disabled ami ilisipialilieil 
 from being the judge in his own cau.se. Ihu, then, 
 it is a catise in which we arc his judges ; ami it is, 
 thcrefon., in a judicial eapacity, sMietly in a jmli- 
 cia! capacity, that we have" to deal with' the 
 matter, thus f agree wholly with the obsdvations 
 ot the hon. the President of the Coumil, and 
 also in the phrasj dropped by the Minister of 
 •lustice at an .'arli-^r st.ige of the debate', that we 
 ai-e ncting lier'e as jmlges of the cause. .Sir, under 
 these inreum.stances we have no warrant, ^v hatcver 
 may be the latitmle, the regrettalde hititmle, which 
 \ve permit toonrHolvcN undei'othereircninHtamu's, 
 
 I wlien we are present face to face and are able, if 
 
 attackeil, to reply to the attack -we have no war- 
 
 ' rant here and now, -to mingle invective with 
 
 I reason, to heighten the complexion of the trans- 
 
 I action by any rhetorical devices, to blink the facts, 
 i to take any other con: > lan, in a sjiirit of candor, 
 i fair i)lay and impartiahty, to endeaxdi' to u.siertain 
 : the I'iglit and the truth. I agree with the obseiva- 
 . tion of the hon. the l'r';siilent of the ("oinieil that 
 ' the honor of the whole House i.s coneerneil in the 
 ' matter. It is coitceriied in all such matters. The 
 , honor of the House is in a sense in the liauds of 
 
 cicry member of the House. No course of conduct 
 discreditable in the general sense s)f the community 
 ' can be pursued by any single inemlxn- withont, to 
 some extent, at all events, lowering the eharaeterof 
 the a.s.semblyof which he foi^ms a part, and in this 
 view it is oni' common interest, as members of 
 rarliainent, that the t raii.saction, whatever it may 
 be, should t.ot be depicted d.uker than its true 
 color, and that every reasonable (UMitection should 
 be accorded to the man who is aeeu.sed. (Jn the 
 , other hand, .Sir, it is <-ven more cleai'ly the duty 
 j of the House to watch jealously that honor (if 
 which it is the guardian, and to take care that 
 it does not become, by any unworthy connivance 
 in a discreditable transaction, an accomplice after 
 the fact, and so degrade itself to some tixtent to the 
 level of those who may lit! concerned in such 
 transactions. The sitiialion is, under these circum- 
 stances, jiainful. I agree with the hon. gentleman 
 Ml the view that it ought not to be made in any 
 s(ui.se II party (luestion for those reasons w liich I 
 ha.-e gi\cn, ami for other reasons too ; for reason.s 
 which, taking a somewhiit lower ground, are 
 |iarticularly iiii|)licable to those who may happen 
 tor the tiiiK! toln^ on the side of the minority, liecanse 
 if there be any .secti(Ui of the House that has a deeper 
 intei-cst than another in tlm observance of these 
 principles, it is those who happt^n to be in the 
 miiioiily. 'I'lieir only eliauce for the aflirmatioii 
 of charges justly made against a member of the 
 majority, consists in the oliservaiice of the piinciple 
 of justice. Their only chance for the avoidance of 
 
 II eondemnation of a charge unjustly made against 
 
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 to tl.is .„i,„.inl. '""f" '"^i' """''*', '" ^''-^ '""",''•"»'=« »^«"' ■""'1'' to the motion witl, regard to one of your 
 to t).i. pnnople of jn.ticc ; an.l to ,ntio,luc,, u ,,n..k.c,;«.sor«, Mr. Speaker, in the ohai 
 
 politiral coniph'xion into niatteis of this 
 woiiM at one hhw lender it iiniJossihhi for 
 ority to obtain justice ai,'aini<t 
 render it iiiipo.ssitile foi 
 
 itiiul, 
 
 I niin- 
 
 iii ailveisary, and 
 
 I minority to oI)taiii jus- 
 
 tiee for thcnisclveM. TiuTefore, those who liapiieii 
 
 zrsia^dti'fv'i^Set-'-';. -''"''-^^^^ 
 
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 In what 
 
 loriii was tiiat motion made, and supported l)v the 
 wliole Iwidy of the Conservative jiarty in I'arlia- 
 iiient '! It was made. Sir, direetly iigainst tlie 
 Speaker of tliis House, with tliat Speaker in tlie 
 eliuir upon a motion to go into ( ommittee of 
 
 the 
 
 wliich iiie lion, gei 
 emuii has ajjpealed. Then, Sir, it is on those 
 prineipk's of justiee tliat we ought toaet, and I ask 
 myself, applying my.self to tins ease as it is now 
 preseuteil, whether the ajiplieation of the principle 
 of justice rendfs premature, at this moment 
 final juilgmeiit on tlie . laiii motion. The niemher 
 for Lincoln, as the Imn. President of the Council 
 has said, has asked for a cr)mmittee. I eaniiot say 
 that in my judgment the hest, the eonveiiient, the 
 fittest course to deal with this case, is to refer it to a 
 committee. My owi. ojiinion is that tlie host, the 
 ijroper and tlie coinenient course is that it shouhl 
 lie disposed of here, for reasons that I will state 
 
 ly sought, and when the jiartj whose comluct was 
 impugned, and whose seat -if not in ahsolute 
 terms, yet liy a necessary implication was fatally 
 assailed— was prev>ented from saying one word in 
 his own defence.' The lion, memlier fo- Jae;jxle8 
 I i Cartier (Mr. (iirouard) iiidicaled that thvre was 
 some right on the part of theSpeiikeict +lie House 
 to ask the indulgence of the House to lea v»^ the 
 chair, in order tliat he might make a statement on 
 the floor. I am not familiar with the jirecedents 
 upon whieli the lion, gentleman justilied that 
 statement, hut 1 say that if there he such, 
 ami I am (piite ignorant of tiiem, they are 
 precedents which ought not to have heen invoked. 
 
 „, , . , , '■ tl't-' i "pillion was, that a due regard for the nrinciule (if 
 
 MlutI ei the ,onclir-.,on wliicli is .hawn from those I in such a form us that those who 
 recitals and from that rrsiuiir Is just and fitting ; ; have secured to the 
 ftn<l either to negatixe, or to amend, or to atHini, i seat was assailed 
 ns tilt! result of that exaiiiinati.m iiulieates is right, i himself Sittin.r ' 
 
 Put that. Sir. ia not tiie immediate iniestion. The 
 immediate (|uesfion is, not what judgment should 
 he pronouuceil ujiou the main motion, l)ut whether 
 we sliould 1 ter the case to a committee, and r 
 ask myself : wliy we sh(mld ri^fer, and what we 
 should refer r 1 helieve that each case of tiiis 
 description should he de dt with according to its 
 ein'umstances, and that if there lie a (juestion com- 
 plicated and didiciilt. involving the examinatir)n 
 of witnesses, or a suliject com|»licated ami difficult, 
 involving a h.ng search into (irecedi 
 anil coinenient that the 
 
 moved it would 
 nan whose character and whose 
 an op)>ortuiiity of dijfending 
 IS he did in the Speaker's chair, 
 they ought to havi! known that the only mode hy 
 which that result coidd he olitaiiieil, would he hy a 
 niolion to refer the matter to a committee, before 
 ivhich he could ajijicar. Beyond all that, there 
 were important i|uestioiis to he disposed of. There 
 were questious to he disjiosed of, (piestions of fact, 
 and also ijueslioiiN of law, based on former pre- 
 cedents, which ajipeaied to justify the view 
 that the seat was not vacated, aiiil, therefore, there 
 
 Committee ()i> 
 lappened in other 
 
 was a rea.si.n in the search for precedents and in 
 I.rece.h'iits, it is fitting ' the taking of evidence for a, reference of that case. 
 . ^. , . '"'"K <•' f^i'h^nce by the There were many meetings of th 
 
 cxaniination o witnes.ses, or the long search into a Privileges and Kleciious As 
 
 sericsofpiyc.dcnts, not lie|..t(,fore collected, should :coiifr.,versies which occurred when the Liberals 
 
 he aecomplislied hy t he Select Standing C<,iumittee 
 
 that we erect for such pui]io.ses. P>ut, 1 believe that 
 
 in every ease w e are calleil on to consider, whether 
 
 the case in hand is one that calls for the iiit(^r 
 
 position of that machinery, and t!ie intervention of 
 
 that committee. Caries have been referrcil to in 
 
 the past. It has liecn said by {\w lion, member for 
 
 dacipies Cartier (Mr. (iirouard) that tliert 
 
 were in a majority in this House, tl etliirt was to 
 ilo that justices which the lion, the liesideut of the 
 Council appealed to us to-night to endeavor to 
 attain. The case of the Speakt:r was a case in 
 « hich a juomimiit memb('r of the majority was 
 attacked. There was also a case in which a mem- 
 ber of the minority was attacked. And in each of 
 these cases 1 rejoice to think, that the majority 
 
 1 ule t, I and a right to a reterence to a coimmttee. I entere.l into the invi'stigation, sought for ilie trutli, 
 do not know where the lion gentleman found the ascerfai 1 the truth, and f, .11,1 ,1 a unanimous 
 
 statement that there is such a rule, or that tlieri' 
 is such a right. I dispute the existeueeof the rule 
 and of the right. I know the* h'aiiing gcntlcinen 
 on his siile of th(^ House, have from time to time, 
 in <lays that mv past, proiiosed a mucli nmre 
 summary disposition tln' most summary dispo.si- 
 tioii possible -of matters brought before the House, 
 iind, according to my recollection of the objections 
 takdi to that summary disposition when proixiHi ' 
 they were liasc^d u[ion 
 to w hich I have refei re 
 
 report, upon which the House afterwards acted. 
 Ihit some lion, gentlemen have siid that there 
 was a trick nla.yed in coiuu'ction with tlii^ pre- 
 sentation of tile report. Sir, no trick was playeiL 
 The Committee on Privih-ges and Klections I'uot, 
 they agreeil upon the iciKU't, and it was niiani- 
 moiisly agreed by that committee, in the presenuo 
 and with the assent of the lion. First .Minister, who 
 was a member of the committee ami the lea<ler of 
 
 the sp.cial considerations I the Opposition, thattiie Chairman should be 
 I ail iculai reference has I rcciucsled to defer the presentation of the report 
 
I one <if your 
 ir. Ill what 
 lortcd l)y the 
 ;y in Pailia- 
 
 iigaiiiHt tho 
 eakor in tlie 
 oiiiiiiitttie of 
 ii; it was not 
 
 was iiistaut- 
 c'ouiluct was 
 
 in absolute 
 1 was fatally 
 one word in 
 
 fo- Jacijiles 
 t llivre was 
 it +lie House 
 to leave the 
 catenient on 
 jireeedents 
 stilifd that 
 
 lie such, 
 , tliey are 
 en invoked. 
 i.se nienil)ers 
 lat ))ro[)osul 
 nothtr eon- 
 , they took, 
 
 say a hard, 
 making tlie 
 made. My 
 f)!iucijjle of 
 to lie made 
 ed it would 
 r and whoije 
 di'feuding 
 ker's eliair, 
 ly mode liy 
 uld lie liy a 
 ttee, before 
 tliat, there 
 
 1 of. There 
 ons of fact, 
 ornier jire- 
 
 the view 
 I'fore, there 
 Ills and in 
 
 that ease, 
 imillee oi. 
 d in other 
 lie Mlierals 
 I'ort wa^s to 
 dent of tile 
 ideavor to 
 
 a ease in 
 ijority was 
 ell a nieni- 
 
 in each of 
 e majority 
 •llietrutli, 
 unanimous 
 rd.s ai'ted. 
 hat there 
 1 the pro- 
 a^ )ilayed. 
 (ions nu.'t, 
 kiiN iiiinni- 
 ! [H'esiiiee 
 lister, who 
 > lea<h'r of 
 'ilioiilil h(> 
 the report 
 
 to the latest hour compatible with its presentation 
 .lunng the Session. Jt was th.iimht to he a oonv^ 
 
 ere'ueThrr ;' 'l"'"'"''' "'I'' '"^"''.V course, not to 
 cr ate the di.stnrbanee andd.fheulty that wouhl re- 
 sult from the vacation of the Speaker's .seat a f ew 
 .luy. before the elo.se of the Se.s.,ion. The suggestirm 
 was made on the.se groim.ls, I believe by nu^self 
 was nnammou.sly agreed to, and it was so -lone 
 
 liiitif ,.■.,., I 11 -V -■""""1 'I' "coiKnmier.stooi 
 
 ift r 1 I ''VT. '* '''"' ''*=''"' "I"'" i"""«'liately 
 .iftei the elo.se of the Session ; and 1 tiiink it was a 
 course wortliy of the hon. First Minister in his 
 P-sUion worthy of the mendiers of the Oppo.siti m 
 an. eonTorinable to the dignity and the iilienit ;" 
 ot tlie Hou.se ; and a eour.se whieh a faithful thoud, 
 ";:■'.'?*!'"*'" '•^■'ilcitriliit follower of the lion. Fiitt 
 
 nation has alleged that the reutals of the extracts 
 
 rom these letters in the motirm of the hon 
 
 n.ember for South O.xford are unfair and 
 
 .n.sleading. Though he did not point out he 
 
 itmtZ 7I!-'.t "-'"'■'' 'H' n.a,letLtallegatio ' 
 st.I he made ,t m the general. He has als.i alleged 
 t at the.e are ot ler papers whieh he can produte • 
 thoughsofaraslamalile to judge, these relate 
 
 l-t aay of the Ses^oi, it i;. g i,^ ^ Hur^e^ o;i, f '" "" ""1"""'' ""'^''*'"" '' ^^'^ 
 •"1.1 '.e. as it was, acted upon bnmSi^: v S^ •," ".r'" y!!!^'':':.":'"'^'-'- tl.eir nature or 
 
 rimdu. .d ^v"""' l"^'-'i' >'lH'i«"^i, "or has he 
 
 pt.i.luce.l them. Novv, n.i man can deny that the 
 hon. member for J.im.ol,. has had the amplest on 
 
 lagunent. He ha.s on two occasions at least 
 proiiueed such materials as he lliouglit pror.er he 
 has on two or tliree •■ • ' ' ' 
 
 Ministeroughtnotnowtocondiiul mfo^'hS here""and 'I "' ""'? '"™^"f "-"e staiem;,;^; 
 a.ssente.l to. Xow, 1 wish to know vv t « ,^ i i^ 1 i ' ^ '"" ""* ""^^^''''^ tl'"t 't '"i^ht be heh 
 
 nf..^ and why w^ should ';et-\;:!'i;:^.£"; t!::::'Ti^'.!^-^"^': ^"- - f..-'th«N-aiid ': ■ 
 
 de..i. e tins, we must brush asi.le some <mesti.ms 
 "heh m the ciurse of this debate have b« .„ ra .s^d 
 as being more or less .„ i.ss„e. I .say that .case 
 
 s nyule or pretended of breach of the in.lepen e c . 
 't (Wliame.it Act ; and that if there were the 
 
 -Malt.es winch are providc.l by tliai Ac have 
 
 nor:t:t: th;:i"' ">"'/'i'i''y..oh4er. xow,ido 
 
 not state this because I conceive tliereis the .sli.ditest 
 dll ierence ,n principle, upon tlie ijuestion of a'.S 
 
 p^.3.;'rr"rwh.£'r.:;-er::;;rr 
 
 .<'^.:^ -atute was. '... question is ^^.^llt ! Sis! ^thllirSill^i.^^^IiiZ > ll^/ ^^^ 
 
 statements 
 
 iene„ 1 f ^"«""'«that no further' valid ev' 
 
 t ,?f ! f '.i''^'""-''' '"'''" '^^-'"I'-i''!'-. ->•■ even to deci.le 
 hat no further oi.portunity sli.iul,! be give,.. J}, t 
 though I contest the strict justice of tlw.t view for 
 -y ..wn part I do ..ot cl.oo.se to ucc on it. } ,™ 
 once again, n. much that the hon. President o? the 
 .mnci.has.saulin that regard. I think it ex 
 .emelv,mp.irtant, ,n the interest of justice and 
 air pay, in the interest of this Ifousi at lap'e 
 tha the pidgment which is finally to be awanfe, 
 H. tins matter, whatever it may be. should 1,. 
 jndgment which cannot be imi>ugned up.m any 
 pre ence .„■ suggesti.in that there was any fair .i , 
 IMirtunitv refiise.l t- fi... i , '".^ ''"' o|' 
 
 c(!ect of astat\.te Mas. The questJo.riawhethei 
 
 .1 .1, whether that matter arises by virtue of 
 ;>licge.l breach of a statute, or by virtu^^,f a a '.„ 
 1> vach ot a rule, ,i,. by virtue .,f an allegcl v i t7o 
 <;< Hj.se Ob igations, or those unwritten lawswl ! 
 uuard the honor of Parliament, the same priueiple 
 
 i ' 
 
 !iiv:i 
 l.rr 
 
 ^'l'l'h"st,all. Hit Isav there 
 thv Independence of Pa.-lianient Act has 
 '""'<cnA^am, there is no ease here ma.le of a 
 ..t anj laws regulating the disj.osition of (im- 
 . " "><■ Again, and thi.s is not an unimiiort-m. 
 Ponit ,n regard to souie, If the ..bservalorn^: 
 kv the h.in. memlier for Lincoln, tlier,. is i, 
 
 "" .-;niimtted upon Mr. .Sands, the purehaser of 
 'l"MlMn,t.s.a,id, therefore, that is not ,,"''"'"'* 
 MiLsgest...! a,s eiiiiuirable into here. ,San 
 
 '-VC oeen detrau.led, and he may not : h< 
 
 > M, Adams, or by both, or by ueith 
 
 -■" .....1. memlier 
 
 (|Uite niistakenly in my view, regnafulTy i„ u.y 
 .cw, whe,. he iiia.le his statement" in tlii.s Ho, s/ 
 ■served ,n pa, t his defence, ought to have evm 
 
 .ee.i «tnte...entr. any g,..un.l f.ir ref.Mring t7,e case loL 
 
 statement, your further nrgument, your fuithcr 
 
 papers. ,1 any you have, and to deal with this ease 
 
 as may then seem just."' I think, then, that the 
 
 on. member ought to lune the opp„rtunity of say- 
 
 ■g. n, his place here, ,Uiat more lie elioo.ses, a,ul 
 
 of laying on the Table here what further p.- p" s 
 
 matter he deems ,, rope,-. And, I think that the'a, „n 
 
 .Is ,„ay tion of tins c,iu,-se would enable us to di i se 
 
 may have in a proper way of the a.uendment ,iow i, Tour 
 
 Iwinds, and at the same time to do the fullest 
 
 iH a .natter with which we' havr.V/ithi,','.^ eom"'"' ! i" '""• ""'"''"''■ *''"' f^'"'"'"' I^ *■- the 
 , .".. the issm.s befo,.e us. i.I a^ ,.^ ' ^ ,^ ^ 
 ^"'"portant for our ..msideiati , le ^'s^.,/^ i ^ Hu H,a,.se. "The l,o„. the President of 
 
 ■ -;;-:"-■" --t-liiJ:! .:;';i"S,::' :!? ! =:,™:!"l;;r-^;-;,i:, .?;;: r *;;-, 
 
 t.ir lancoln may be able to submit tor our iud./. 
 
 1.1 do 
 
 ^''-w,i statements made in this nous-. What- 
 ' ' '« a leged against him, and whafverproi s 
 
 ■^.^■sed as sustaining the allegations, an ha^e 
 I" his.nu, written and oiv.l st,„,, ,„,„.s l.t 
 ■oeus. Iheivisthewh.iieofil. \ow, to th,- be e 
 ;' f lu-sehMut,atm,istheho,,. nieuibe.f,,, !.i,,,,,|,, 
 ■ ''liy entitled; but by these li,ni.a(io,is and u'ir 
 '" "''"'■""■•^ 'I'e '• "H-mber isalso hound X w 
 
 '^ ^^ '-11 "Hi cangathe,^ the hoii. ,.,en,!...-r ii. Iii. .X H 
 
 ■Mr. (^OLMV. 1 .state.l that I .■eallj;^dhl not know. 
 
 doulIt,?H}l'''*-V^-^''^r- ^ '"^^■^'"""" the lea.st 
 .!.> bt ot that. None of „s a.'e aware of it. We 
 
 g.itlier Its character from the statement ..f the hon 
 
 n.nibe.' hiuLself, and his statement was that there 
 
 ^^ ce other pape.s« hid. he eouhl pro.luce Mhich 
 
I 
 
 Moulil ^ive, iis he .saiil, a ditferent complexion i 
 to tliose publislifil. I iiniiot going to weigh or 
 imalyNe the paixTs jmhlishiil, witli tlie view ot say- 
 ing wiiethoi- tliiil allfgati(.n is inipossilih' or not of 
 exeentioi.. I ilesire that the hon. nRnil>ei- for Lin- 
 coln shoiiia have tii<! opportunity of iayitiu those 
 papers on tlie Table, with all tlie eonniients anil ex- 
 planations lie can give upon them. I desire, under | 
 the cireunistanees, tliat us lie chose in part to re- i 
 serve liis defence -to give \is some, but not as he ; 
 says, all he shoul.l not be placetl in a worse posi- i 
 tion now than that if he had on that occasion given 
 us all : I'Ut I do not i)erceive in tliat coinlition of. 
 affairs a cause for a leference t(» a committee. I 
 ■ perceive I'atlu'i a reas(m for taking such a 
 course as shall give the hon. gentleman the 
 opportunity of presenting the remainder of liis 
 case ,?u the tioorof Parliament, andas shall thusleave 
 us to dis])os<! of this matter, witii his case 
 complete, according as the <lignity and lionor 
 of this House and liberal justice to t le hon. 
 mendier foi' Lincoln reiiuire. The llonse will 
 
 obsen'e that I have studiously avoided expro-ssing 
 oi' implying one single opinion with icferonce to 
 the merits of tiie transaction. It is impossible, of 
 t^onrse, to avoid forming in one's own mind im- 
 ])ressi(ms upon papers such as we liave bclore us, 
 but I believe it to be our duty to hohl our minds 
 ojjen up to the hitest possible moment. I believe 
 it to be cmr duty to encjuiie wliether there be, as 
 the hon. tlie President of the Council suggested, 
 any explanation, any door of escape, anytlnng 
 ! which may alter the comidexion wliich. to some 
 ; minds, tliese haters and ])ai)crs bear, and in that 
 '■ view, keeping, as well as I might, an o])en nnnd, 
 I I have .scrupuhmsly abstained from making any 
 j argument or expressing any opinion here as to the 
 ! conclusions which are to be drawn from the ])aperis 
 I in our ham's. I rejieat, and I clo.se ))y the 
 ! suggestion, that we ought to make arrangements 
 ' for this case being completed in the manner in 
 i wliicli it was begun, by the hon. mend>er on the 
 I Hoor, and that we should then proceed to give our 
 ; judgment in- the matter. 
 
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