the
influence of the moment when as officer of this
this garrison. I was
threatened with legal penalties if
I did not personally satisfy a claim
even now in the
on
I
the
which could only be made upon
Me
officially. But
in the absence of any
subject than that
peculiarity of the
other feeling
of respect for
His
Excellency I am at a loss to meet the
relative use
case otherwise than by the use of the term "exaction"
which has been specially quoted as of the objectionable characteristics.
The
first
intimation received
in question was through
the medium
of a
Constable, who demanded
the usual printed form
and exhibited as his authority a transcript
of the Attorney General's opinion as
to the
the rate; and I was
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paying subsequently waited upon by Mr Caldwell, the police officer who produced a letter addressed by the Colonial Secretary to himself and colleague desiring them by His Excellency's Command to make assessments into effects. On repeating to Mr Caldwell, my objection to pay stated that if I did not do so within
seven
days according to a notice which he then formally served upon me, I should be dealt with as a
private defaulter, and that the usual legal
penalties would be enforced. I do not complain of Mr Caldwell's mode of proceeding which was as delicate as the case could admit
the
officer
but enter into this detail to show that
in my official capacity I was treated directly the reverse of what I had a right to expect as an
officer
as an
He