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9.
The position had
now become a
one.
very.
embarrassing Though the absence of the cargo-boats had been to a certain extent compensated
by
use
of
the more general wharves, and by other means, the loss being suffered by the mercantile community was very great notwithstanding,
and there were
moreover.
various signs of pressure being put on the dock-
labourers and other workmen
which
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which if generally successful
would have rendered the
loss far greater. In favour of the policy of giving way
the boatmen's demand was
also (1) the fact that the law which they
were resi
to
resisting was in my opinion unjust, (2) that their abstention from taking out licences was not
a breach of law, and (3) that there had in fact been no lawlessness, except as regards intimidation, the authors
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