Volume 1

Letters to the Right Honourable Lord Mansfield. From Andrew Stuart, esq. [On the Douglas Peerage Cause.] / [Andrew Stuart].

  • Stuart, Andrew, 1725-1801
Date:
[1773]
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Letters to the Right Honourable Lord Mansfield. From Andrew Stuart, esq. [On the Douglas Peerage Cause.] / [Andrew Stuart]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

    186/208 (page 30)
    f [ 3° ] \ fuch an account of me, as ought to have retrained From any rafli fufpicions of improper conduct. Thefe confiderations, befides others that might be men¬ tioned, ferve to accumulate upon your Lordfhip’s head the refponfibility in this caufe, and to juftify the pro¬ priety of thus confining this addrefs to yourfelf in parti¬ cular. 4k- 4k ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ There remains to be obviated only one other objec¬ tion, which, fo far as I can forefee, is likely to be made to this addrefs. It may be faid, by thofe who difapprove of any at¬ tack upon your Lordfhip, and perhaps you may think fo yourfelf, that You were entitled to efcape any dire£I attack, at leaf: from me, becaufe in fome parts of your fpeech, you have behaved wTith a degree of attention towards me ; had made ufe of polite expreffions when¬ ever I was mentioned, and had even gone the length of mingling fome compliment with your obfervations. I do not deny that there is fome foundation for this affertion, and as it is my intention neither to exaggerate nor extenuate any part of your condudl, it would be un¬ becoming in me to avoid doing jultice to this part of it. Your Lordfhip took occafion, indeed, to mention to your illuftrious audience, that Mr, Stuart, the conduc¬ tor of the caufe, enjoyed a very fair character ; and you were pleafed to add, that you believed he deferved it;— fo far I am obliged to your Lordfhip, and return you thanks for the civility : But it is not to be expelled, that I am to overrate the value of this compliment; ftill lefs, that it fhould fo much overpower me with gratitude, as