The Upper House. 19

At the same time that We stiled this Blending or tacking two
different matters in the same Bill an Unparliamentary Unjust and
Violent Proceedings We gave you our Reasons for it and could
have supported them by the concurrent Opinion of some of the
greatest Men in Parliament, but you save us this trouble by a tacit
Admission, for you only deny it is tacking of if it is. Yet it is not
tacking in an Unparliamentary way, how You can prove it is not
tacking We are still at a Loss to know for you have not nor can shew
one Reason to support Your Negative, And We must do you the
Justice to believe You did not mean We should understand you to
be so much in Earnest in the Denial as to abide by it since You took
care to couple it with a Reserve viz It is not a Tacking in an Unpar-
liamentary manner; and You endeavour to Justify your proceedings
to be Parliamentary by Precedents of Our own Legislature. In the
first Place You do not name the Precedents, so We can give no
Answer to them
2^dly It is strange you should in the first part of your Message
expect a strict Conformity to Parliamentary proceedings with Re-
gard to Our Interposition in a Money Bill, and yet in this Part
knowing the Usage of Parliament to be against You. You have re-
course to Proceedings of our own Assembly, and slights those of
Parliament, But Gentlemen neither Ourselves or our Province are
too Old or knowing not to be taught by the wise Legislature of
Great Britain, and notwithstanding there were many Precedents in
Our Assemblies (tho at present We cannot recollect any to Your
Purpose.) Yet if what We insist on is at seems by your Message
confessed right & supported not only by Parliamentary Proceedings,
but by the Reasons in Our last Message which you have not dis-
proved We shall think Our Behaviour in this matter will satisfie
Although you not agree in Express terms to so plain & almost self
evident a Proposition, as that such who have offered to clog any Bill
with a Tack were always thought Enemies ill Wishers to such Bill,
yet not only Your own Reasons herein before taken notice of, but
more especially those which follow the strongest Proof of that Ob-
servation with Regard to that Conduct on this Bill. You alledge
the Necessity you were reduced to by the Refusal of this House
heretofore to pass that Bill if this House had before refused to pass
that Bill how could Your strong and frequent professions of Leige
Subjects Loyalty Zeal and Duty to his Majestys Service, permit you
to Clog this Bill with any matter which you must be sure would be
an impediment to its Passage

U. H. J.
Liber No. 34

And now Gentlemen permit Us in Our turn to say that We little
expected You would have Given under Your hands such plain Hints
as to let us into Your Scheme of making this Tack for You assure
Us that when the Affair of Louisburgh was first recommended to
your Consideration you had not this Matter within your View, if so,

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