REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM THE CITY OF BOSTON, in reply to his APOLOGY FOR VOTING FOR THE FUGITIVE SLAVE BILL. BOSTON: WM. CROSBY & H. P. NICHOLS, 111 Washington Street . 1851. CAMBRIDGE: METCALF AND COMPANY, PRINTERS TO THE UNIVERSITY. Sir ;— An English courtier procured a colonial judgeship for a young dependant wholly ignorant of law. The new functionary, on parting with his patron, received from him the following sage advice,—"Be careful never to assign reasons, for whether your