condensed together in a
short compass, perhaps it would not be improper to condense the answers
in as small a compass in some such form as follows. That is, after the
words '_aucun espoir,_' add, 'But to these charges it may be justly
answered, that those are no bankrupts who acknowledge the sacredness
of their debts in their just and real amount, who are able within a
reasonable time to pay them, and who are actually proceeding in that
payment; that they furnish, in fact, the supplies necessary for the
support of their government; that their officers and soldiers are
satisfied, as the interest of their debt is paid regularly, and the
principal is in a course of payment; that the question, whether they
fought ill should be asked of those who met them at Bunker's Hill,
Bennington, Stillwater, King's Mountain, the Cowpens, Guilford, and the
Eutaw. And that the charges of ingratitude, madness, infidelity, and
corruption, are easily made by those to whom falsehoods cost nothing;
but that no instances in support of them have been produced or can be
produced.'

Page 182. '_Les officiers et les soldats ont ete payes_,' &c. The
balances due to the officers and soldiers have been ascertained, and a
certificate of the sum given to each; on these the interest is regularly
paid; and every occasion is seized of paying the principal by receiving
these certificates as money whenever public property is sold, till a
more regular and effectual method can be taken for paying the whole.

Page 191. '_Quoique la loi dont nous parlons, ne s'observe plus en
Angleterre_.' 'An alien born may purchase lands or other estates, but
not for his own use; for the King is thereupon entitled to them.' 'Yet
an alien may acquire a property in goods, money, and other personal
estate, or may hire a house for his habitation. For this is necessary
for the advancement of trade.' 'Also, an alien may bring an action
concerning personal property, and may make a will and dispose of his
personal estate.' When I mention these rights of an alien, I must be
understood of alien friends only, or such whose countries are in peace
with ours; for alien enemies have no rights, no privileges, unless by
the King's special favor during the time of war.'Blackstone, B.1. c.10.
page 372. 'An alien friend may have personal actions, but not real; an
alien enemy shall have neither real, personal, nor mixed actions. The
reason why an alien friend is allowed to maintain a personal ac