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generally, the character of a Bully.- Do not conceive
my dear sir, that I wish to elevate the character of Mr.
Broyls above its true standard or to depress that of
Mr. Moore below its true point, for the purpose of mis=
leading the mind of your Excellency: or that I wish to
dictate to you the course which you should pursue
on this occasion, for I have no view or interest in this
matter, and am only influenced by those feelings
common to this part of the family, that Broyls has al=
ready suffered enough, by having in the first place been
much injured by the violence offered him by Moore
which produced the act committed by Broyls, who was
compelled to act in my opinion in self defence, and
in the second place he has been compelled to pay con=
siderable cost on the civi case to a long train of
witnesses summoned by Moore consisting in part of
his relations and friends , persons principally moving in
his own sphere, and pursuing to some extent his own
habits &c.- I assure you that ever since the case has
been understood here, the almost universal opinion has
prevailed, that if Broyls was not justified by law in
committing the act, Moore at least deserved all he
received at his hand.- If ever there was a case pre=
sented itself in which the clemency of the executive
was solicited, when the party had been guilty of an
infraction of the rigid rules of law, and when that
clemency could be safely exercised in favor of the appli=
cant this I believe to be one.

With great respect
Jacob A Lane