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pay his laborious researches, though motives of secular interest 
were far, no doubt, from the Doctor’s thoughts. 
Blessings on the whole tribe of quotation-mongers, from Gro- 
tius to Burton, from Burton to Meiners, from Meiners to Magee, 
Fleas, at the same rate as is allowed to witnesses who attend, or to constables 
who summon them. At the formation of the present constitution of this state 
in 3790, the salaries of the judges were settled at their present rate of 1600 
a year (mileage lately allowed, amounting in this district to about forty dollars 
a year, only excepted. ) xlt that time, the wages of the members of assembly, 
were two dollars a day : the members of assembly afterwards raised their 
own wages to three, and last session to four dollars a day. Bad this rate of 
wages been appointed for the succeeding session, no person would have found 
much fault with it ; but the implied contract between the representatives who 
voted themselves entitled to four dollars and took it, and their constituents at 
the time of election, was certainly for no more than three dollars. In common 
transactions, and among decent people in common life, this would have been 
considered a fraud . Had the wages been raised to eight dollars a day, in 
consideration that the session should break up before the frost breaks up, and 
continue but half the usual time, that half only of the usual number of laws 
should be passed, and half the hours only wasted in ignorant and noisy decla- 
mation, the public would indeed have been greatly the gainer. 
From the year 1790 to this time, the business of the Judges has nearly 
doubled, the price of all the necessaries and comforts of life have doubled, 
and these men who have doubled their own wages within the same period, 
think it sufficient to add forty or fifty dollars a year in the degrading shape 
of post boy’s pay, to the salaries of their Judges ! 
Hurlo thrumbo :■ Lord Chancellor Thurlow. The following dialogue actu- 
ally took place at his Lordship’s table. He was called out during dinners 
when he returned, one of his guests said, “ pray my Lord, if I may be so bold, 
" which of the cabinet ministers has disturbed your Lordship’s devotions at 
"dinner ?” “ Cabinet ministers ! I wish they were all at h— with the puppy 
Pitt at the head of them \ No. It was the Archdeacon of St. Albans ; he 
came to pester me for the Bishopric of St. David’s, and talked me to death 
about his services to mother church. The canting rascal cares no more about 
the old b — h than I do : but he has fought faithfully against old gunpowder 
(Priestley), and he deserves the vacancy.” Horsley led the pack so profitably, 
that it is the fashion for expectants to yelp in. 
My correspondent evidently levels his remarks, not at the doctrine, but the 
method of proof, employed by Dr. Magee ; otherwise, this part of the paper 
would be inadmissible. He may laugh if he pleases at Dr. Magee or myself, 
or any other of the laborious tribe of index-hunters : but I have nothing to 
do with theological opinions. I confess, I have always thought, that the only 
allowable way of establishing Christian doctrine, is by the Christian Scrip- 
tures ; all other proofs, are at the best unnecessary. Is the tenet you advance 
plainly revealed in the Bible ? If it be, the Bible is sufficient for a Christian ; 
if it be not, can profane writers establish it ? Do you distrust the authority 
of the scripture, that you seek elsewhere for support ? 
