CO129-081 - Sir Robinson - 1861 [4-7] — Page 267

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would have been

if

the

prisoners had been buropeans

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Americans, it appeared

to me

to the

after giving matter the most careful

consideration in

my power

that a sufficiently large,

llowance had already been

runde for the habits

of

uncivilized persons as the prisoners undoubtedly

were.

I make these observations

now without the least intention

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impugning the correctness of your brace's decision, but

in explanation of

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the

grounds

upon which I had arrived

at an

opposite conclusion;

as

I fear my letter to Sir Stope

Grant has been misunderstood.

If instead 斥

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"interference

with Iudicial authority", I had

said interference with the recisions of a competent tribunal, I should have

more

accurately

conveyed my real meaning. I have the honor to be,

My Lord Juke, Your Braces,

Most Obedient Servant

Memberlyle Mebinson