On the several occasions of Mr.Duffy's trial, they have been given in evidence as proof of his loyalty, on the assumption that they emanated from him, and that it was through his influence the body was led to adopt them.

Again, it seems to have been inferred--indeed, it has been so stated repeatedly, by persons who boast of his confidence--that it was owing to his arrest and absence from the council of the Confederation, that measure of fatal rashness was adopted, of which he became the first victim; although it was his discretion and ability that kept the "Jacquerie," who then obtained the ascendant, in check from the beginning.
This is partly a statement of fact, and partly an inference.

The fact is not true, and the inference is fallacious.

The resolutions were not Mr.
Duffy's.

On the contrary, one main object with those who adopted them, without discussion, was to avoid the expression of an opinion on several abstract principles forming the groundwork of his report.