The History of the Insurrections, by George Minot

love from the publick eye, with a gentleman of a less unpopular calling. When the assembly met, their zeal was kindled from the people. This was first evidenced by their elections in filling up the vacancies in Senate. Preference was given to some characters, which could not be accounted for on any other grounds, than that of their fellow candidates being practitioners of the law. As soon as business came forward, an emulation was shewn to be foremost in correcting abuses which occupied so large a share of the publick attention. Various instances were adduced, wherein the principles of the fee bill, from the local circumstances of the parties, operated to distress them ; and much was said to convince the House, that these distresses had been greatly encreased, by the exhorbitant fees of attornies. After many warm altercations upon this subject, the House, with a view of reducing the exactions and influence of the regular practitioners, at length passed a bill to admit all persons of a moral character into the practice of the law, before the Judicial Courts ; to fix the fees of attornies ; to provide for their taking an oath previously to their pleading, in every cause, that they would not receive more than lawful fees of their employers ; and to restrain the practice of champarty. But, when this bill was sent up, the Senate, desirous