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by any sensible man in Franklin County
Every body admitted that Taul, was a man
of the first order of talents, and of superior
attainments in the service of the Law_and
all agreed that the other was a fool. Thos.
Taul was a proud young man, chosen in the
selection of his associates; & altho respectful &
modest in his demeanor to all, I question, if
he ever held a conversation with the witness
in his life: He held all such upstarts, and
petti-foggers in perfect contempt.

Notwithstanding it was manifest to any body
that the witness was perjured, he was again
called on the final trial & interrogated in
regard to the conversation with, & the threat,
made by Thos. T., but he declined detailing
it, stating that perhaps he had erred, before
in speaking of it, as it was probably considered
at the time to be confidential & imparted
to him, under the seal of professional confidence
(That was the idea - He did not use these
words) I immediately said, to him, that that
was a rule of Law, for the benefit of the client.
That Thos T. if living, might object, or
not at pleasure - that I was his representative
& interposed no objection to his answering the
questions, if he thought, he could go it, a second
time. But he insisted upon his priviledge
and the question was not pressed. The fact
is, they treated him very badly in calling upon
him: He was the only witness, who proved
any thing like, such a threat; they were particularly
desirous to make such proof, & they
were willing to resort to perjury to do it.

They attempted to prove, that he had been unkind
to his wife, on the trip to New Orleans