to satisfy the people at his instance, and that it was asking too much to require gentlemen in their position in life to suffer the degradation of being immured in a jail, at the instance of such worthless scoundrels as those who had made this affidavit. The replied, “That it was an unpleasant affair and looked hard; but that it was a matter over which he had no control, as it belonged to the Judiciary and that he, as the executive, could not interfere with their proceedings, and that he had no doubt but that they would be immediately dismissed.” I told him “that we had looked to him for protection from such insults, and that I thought we had a right to do so from the solemn promises he had made to me and , in relation to our coming without a guard or arms; that we had relied upon his faith and had a right to expect him to fulfil his engagements, after we had placed ourselves implicitly under his care and complied with <all> his requests, although extra-Judicial.
He replied that “he would detail a guard, if we required it, and see us protected; but that he could not interfere with the Judiciary.” I expressed my dissatisfaction at the course taken, and told him “That if we were to be subject to Mob-rule, and to be dragged, contrary to law, into prison, at the instance of every informal scoundrel whose oaths could be bought for a dram of Whiskey, his protection availed very little and we had miscalculated his promises.”
Seeing there was no prospect of redress, from the I returned to the room and found [p. 32]