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4. Now however after a lapse of nearly
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implying that, as I made them with the knowledge that Your Lordship's predecessor had retired from Office, I could probably not have ventured to use such
Office language had he been still in
5. I preserve
a
grateful Remembrance of
of the kind personal interest evinced by
the Duke
of Buckingham in the events of my administration
by his occasional unofficial
Correspondence with- I feel incapable of wilfully writing a
word to reflect on this gracious. I considered at the time,
Must I am more by sorry I did so,
that it was
quite
legitimate for me to express my regret at what the
end of this government. seemed too hasty
6. My contention of what I had a right to say May have
The main taken by all been Wholly unwarranted.
Your Lordship is proof deficient that such was
It may have been improper in the case to have expressed any such regret at all, And I may
have done so too plainly and in bad haste. No doubt there are grave faults, but nevertheless they are Capable of Amendment and are essentially different in kind from that implied by the Suggestion that I was in the least thinking who was in or who was out, or likely to be either in or out, when I was pleading myself and Council against a suspected misinterpretation of our policy.
7. I have however not the least intention to defend myself against such an imputation I do not believe it was intended, and in any case
even an effectual defence would be humiliation. As however I could never Completely prove a negative
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Your Indship is proof deefficicest that such was
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have done so too plavily and im bad haste. Nodoubt there are grave faults, but nevertheless they are Capable of Amendment and are essentially differents in kind from that implied by the Seppestion that I was in the least thinking who was in or who was out, or likely to be either in or out, when I a pleas of myself and Council against Was Winding
a supisted unter ception of our policy.
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