1 70 Assembly Proceedings, October 6-November 4, 1724.

L. H. J.

your House, for we defy the best acquainted with the pro-
ceedings of generall Assemblies here to give one Single In-
stance where ever Amendments were propos'd by your House
and Concurr'd with by ours but the Bill was Imediately
amended in our house according to our sense of the Amend-
ment you propos'd and then past for Engrosing. This has
ever been the practice and this practice we pursued in the
present Case, And when we find you mov'd to treat us in the
most reproachfull manner for our doing So, what can we
Expect from your Honours but Innovations and we take this
Occasion to wish they were the only such that seem desir'd
We have already made the Bill agreeable to the genuine
Sense and Common Acceptation of the words of your Message
& the true Sense (fully Exprest) of our house and if your
Honours have alter'd your Sentiments since you propos'd
the Amendment We beg you'l rather be frank in declaring
so than Condemn So Ancient usefull & Expeditious practice
in making such Amendments. Thus we hope an Amicable
understanding may be much better preserv'd and the busie-
ness before us better dispatcht than by your Endeavours to
drive or lead us into new practices.
Signd p ord^r M. Jenifer Cl Lo Ho.

Which was Sent with the Bills af^d to the Upper House by
M^r Dashiel & Cap^t Ebenezer Blackiston. They return & Say
they delivered them
Coll^o Holland and Col^o Young from the Upper House
deliver M^r Speaker the following message Viz.

By the Upper House of Assembly Nov^r 2^d 1724
Gent.
The manner of Transacting publick affairs in Parliament
when any matter is in difference between the two Houses
should seem to be an Unquestionable president to the pro-
ceedings of our Houses of Assembly We can truly say it on
our parts, that we have always Studied to speak our Senti-
ments of things after that great Example, but with all the
Deferrence that is due to the Lower House of Assembly and
have made it our particular Care, altho we could not always
Agree with you in opinion, that we could never offend in point
of Good Manners which we think inseperable to our Character
and the most Effectual Means for the dispatch of all publick
busieness.
If your House had always had the Same Regards to us or
to the Necessary Rules & usages of Parliament for the pres-