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of property,as to determine by wliat means the intruding* occupiers 
could be ejected. Capt. Ross had certainly one law on his side, 
which, says that if a nuisance comes to a man, and he can prove 
it to be such, that the individual or individuals so bringing that 
nuisance, are bound to remove it under a penalty for all damages, 
which may accrue, on account of the continuance of the nui¬ 
sance—that a family of thieving Esquimaux were a direct and 
positive nuisance in the vicinity of an English ship would not 
require the eloquence of a Brougham or a Scarlett to prove; but 
the great and important question presented itself to the vigilant 
consideration of Capt, Ross, by what manner he could make 
the laws of England applicable to the particular state of society 
of the Esquimaux people, and make them at once sensible, that 
they were a most intolerable nuisance, and therefore ought to 
be removed, if not by equitable means, then by the direct inter¬ 
ference of the irresistible arm of the law. 
These were all matters of weighty consideration with Capt. 
Ross, as he sat over his hippocrene in his cabin, and like a good, 
and virtuous ruler, pondered on the means to be adopted by* 
which the happiness and prosperity of those under him, could 
be augmented and confirmed. He carried in his remembrance 
the second verse of the chapter in the bible, which had been read 
on the preceding Sunday, for the edification of his crew, al¬ 
though the contents of the other verses had by some means 
slipped through his memory,—which verse goeth on to state, 
“ When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice; but 
when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn.” 
Therefore was he determined to prove syllogistically that he 
was a righteous man, by an immediate attempt to remove the 
nuisance, which threatened, with such a serious aspect to dis¬ 
turb the happiness, and injure the interests of those, over whom 
he was appointed ruler. Thus was the syllogism formed in the 
cabin of the Victory. 
The people rejoice when the righteous are in authority, 
The people under the authority of Capt. Ross rejoice, 
Ergo, Capt. Ross is a righteous man. 
