We heard then of no wild and destructive doctrines like the present.

These were reserved for this age of novelty and innovation.

But he must remind the House, that the inhabitants of our islands had as good a right to the protection of their property, as the inhabitants of Great Britain.

Nor could it be diminished in any shape without full compensation.

The proprietors of lands in the ceded islands, which were purchased of government under specific conditions of settlement, ought to be indemnified.