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[Page 31]
January 1808
orders in carrying the Bodies of Two Stills out of his (McArthurs) Yard and putting them on board the Duke of Portland, to be returned to England, from whence they were imported without permission; I say when we consider these things, it will appear, that this subversion of His Majesty's Government was effected in consequence of a settled Plan of McArthur, and not by a mere accident arising from the Business of his Trial.
52nd - The Crime of Major Johnston and all his Officers is not to be considered as lessened by the wicked artifice of McArthur, no, it will be hereafter proved that they had at the moment an imaginary expectation they could hold the Colony in their own hands, for there were agreements signed that they would not give up their authority on the arrival of a superior Officer, unless he agreed to their measures, until his Majesty's pleasure was known, and they persuaded themselves, also, that the whole executive authority would rest with themselves, so that having no check they would soon procure wealth - at all events they would have about eighteen months before anything could be done from England to thwart their designs; and this they hoped to prevent by representations which they might frame against me
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