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The Case And Conduct Of
Mr. Lowe
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order, which they did not. |
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If
the whole rested on the particular charge of absence, reporter
would have |
| recommended
an indulgent consideration; but the dismissal proceeds on the
other grounds, conjoined, more particularly, on the charges
unduly preferred by him against his superior officers. |
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I
have been confined by illness since I came to town, or I should
have called upon |
| you.
I find the greatest difficulty in handling Lowe's case versus
Whitmore, the commissioners having reported entirely
groundess. What is to be said upon it? Can you help me out?
Is it open to me to contend, against such an official report,
that the case is weighty, and that Lowe was not impertinent
in bringing it before Government, having no call of duty to
do so? |
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Commons,
January
18th, 1812
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Many
thanks, my dear Sir, for the Précis, which appears to
me neither accurate |
| nor
judicious. I shall only adduce one instance (but it is a strong
one) here. It says, "if the whole rested on the particular charge
of absence, reporter would have recommended indulgent consideration
on that point:"--so that his incontrovertible and satisfactory
justification is only allowed as a slight mitigation of that
offence, which is still added to the heinous charge against
his superior officers. This seems to be borrowed from Judge
Jefferies' arithmetical judicial logic; if each single article
only constituted a misdemeanor, the aggregate articles amounted
to treason. I had hopes, when Mr. Perceval intended examining
the proceedings himself, especially as Mr. Harrison had transmitted
your opinion on the "result of the whole;" but when the
papers were delegated to Mr. Herries, I own I despaired of Lowe's
case. |
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The
new Commissary in Chief was just appointed, and would therefore
most |
| probably
be influenced by the opinion of Mr. Harrison, and his experienced
predecessor Colonel Gordon. I wish the whole rested on your
judgment, I would then willingly acquiesce in the decision,
whatever it might be. I have no hopes now, except through your
generous and humane influence on Mr. Perceval. However, I shall
always remember your polite and flattering attention to my frequent
representations and remarks. |
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P.S.
For the last time, I trouble you with a few cursory remarks
on Mr. Herries' |
| report,
which I trust you will receive with your usual indulgence. He
may say in his excuse, novitas regni me talia cogit. |
| Remarks
on Mr. Herries' Report. |
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1st.
He states that Lowe charged Wood before General Bowyer, who
appears to |
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