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April 1807 Lawyers judged That
April 1807

Lawyers judged

That is their own interests that they pursue /aim at/, and not yours - their own sinister ends - not the ends of justice, is rendered plain - but too plain - by the following considerations.

That the ends of justice possess no share in their regard is evidenced /demonstrated/ not only from their situation, as above described, but from the tenor of their Memorial.

1. Were the ends of Justice the leading objects of their regard, those ends would be throughout spoken of and appealed to. But of all the ends of justice as above [...?], not one is spoken of in any one of the 50 articles.

What they have no /not any/ regard for then is - the ends of justice.

My friends - I your sincere well-wisher and humble advisor have a regard for the ends of justice: and the proof of it is - the mention I thus make of them: the pains I am taken, and from first to last in the course of my labour upon the subject have [...?...?] to take, to point your attention /keep your attention fixt/ to nail[?], to nail[?] it to those sacred ends.

[ Add so in regard to interests?]
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    What they have a regard for - what at least it does occurr to them to profess a regard is - the Act of Union that is to say, to the letter of it?

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    In Articles 39 and 40 indeed mention is made of the /comes the/ topic of expence and in Article 41, that of delay: both topics slightly mentioned, neither of them at all, till after the vague effusions of both having exhausted themselves, as above, together with those nearer and dearer interests the[?] [...?] which I shall come to presently, and those other topic, from which every thing in which the interests of the people and the ends of justice have any concern, suffers a compleat eclipse.

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