The Upper House. 449

Thereupon Coll^o Thomas Addison and Coll^o Richard Tilgh-
man two of the members of this House Enter their Pro-
testations against Passing the said Bill which are as follows
viz.

Gent. There are two reasons that Oblige me to be against
passing this Bill and they are both I think grounded on the
Laws of the Land and the Liberty of the Subject (which are
inseperable) and I doubt not but will always be very valueable
and dear to every member of this House
The first is that the Practitioners of the Law are (con-
trary to Law) Condemn'd of Evil practices without Enquire-
ing into the truth of those facts that Comon fame only (the
worst of Authors) Charges them with.
The other is that a Subject is restrained from makeing what
legall Use he sees fit of one part of his Interest to preserve
and defend the other; he is indeed deprived of the Liberty of
using or bestowing his Effects as he sees fit, which with
Submission I think was hardly ever done in an English Gov-
ernment Except in the Case of Superstitious uses, and some
other very Extraordinary Instances.
These things Gent are so Convincing to my Conscience
that I cannot Consent to passing the Bill as it stands and as
I think it Contrary to Law and the Rights of the Subject I
pray those reasons and my Protestacon against passing the
Bill may be Entred
22^d March 1725 Tho Addison

Reasons Offered by Richard Tilghman against Passing the
Bill for restraining the ill practices of Attorneys &c^a in
the Upper House of Assembly the 22^d of March 1725 as
follows viz^t

U. H. J.

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I^st The Complaints set forth in the preamble which seems
to be the only reason for passing the Bill, do not appear to
me to be well grounded.
2^dly The Substance of the Bill is Discourageing to the
Study of the Law which I take to be a necessary Branch of
Learning in order to Support our Liberty & property.
3^dly The Bill seems to me Contrary to reason for that it
restrains every man from makeing use of such part of his
property as he may think necessary to in Order to preserve
the whole
Richard Tilghman

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