There have been some, from that time until this, who have seen that, in the hands of such as then controlled the affairs of New York, the scalesof justice were sadly tilted; that there was one kind of justice for one class of the inhabitants and another kind of justice for another class; that, in practice, the vaunted equality of all men was a fiction.

It was a favorite practice to remove the victims of these arrests from the vicinage of the alleged offence; and the Jail at Kingston was much employed, 5 although Morristown, in New Jersey, 6 and Hartford, in Connecticut, 7 and the City of Philadelphia, 8 and

1 Minutes of Uie Committee to detect Conspiracies, "Thursday, A.M., "June 27, 1776."

2 Compare the record of the Summons of Richard Morris, in the preceding Note, with that of hie appointment, in the Journal of the Gonvention t " Die Mercurii, 9 ho , A.M., July 31, 1776."

8 Reference is made, in this place, to Gouverneur Morris ; and those whoshall incline to know more of the subjects referred to, are referred to Doctor Sparks's Life of Gouvernenr Morris, i., 154-161, in which, notwithstanding the evident purpose of the kind-hearted biographer to say as little in disparagement of the aristocratic culprit as possible, the careful reader will perceive the unceasing hankerings of that distinguished "patriot," for the fleshpots of monarchy.

* Vide page 12, ante.

5 The instances of Bloomer Nelson, Samuel Haines, Josiah Disberry, and Jacob Schureman, residents of Westchester-county, {Journal of the Convention, "Thursday morning, August 29, 1776;" Petition of John Bare, Bloomer Neelson, and others, " Kingston Goal, Feb*? 19">, 1777 "-- Historical Manuscripts: Petitions, xxxiii., 638 ; Petition of Bloomer Nelson and tliree others, " Kingston Goal, March 26, mi-- Historical Manuscripts, etc.,: Petitions, xxxiii., 610,) are sufficient for this purpose, although there are numerous others.