f after reading the following affidavits and
statements, to doubt one moment on the subject.

"Isaiah Bunce & Thomas Palmer being duly sworn, say, that
they were at Albany in the early part of the late session of
the Legislature, and put up at the house where the Delegates
of the county of Saratoga quartered. That they and three of
the Delegates from said county, viz. Messrs. Ketcham, Gardner
and Cowles, conversed freely with each other on various
political subjects, and in one conversation they had with
these said Members, they told these Deponents, that they had
not been well treated by their colleague Mr. Young--spoke
freely of their unpleasant situation, owing to that
treatment, mentioning a number of instances illustrating the
same, both in the fall session and the then session of the
Legislature.

"And these deponents further say, that they the said Ketcham,
Gardner and Cowles, did in that conversation, decidedly
express their opinion that the said Young ought not to
represent this county again in the next session--at the same
time signifying that they had no wish, that the talents of
Mr. Young should be lost to the county, but believed it would
be for his benefit, should he not be elected the ensuing
session--or language to that import.

"And these deponents further say, that this conversation took
place while it was generally believed and expected, and so
expressed by the said Ketcham, Cowles and Gardner in
particular, that Mr. Young would in a day or two, be
appointed Secretary of the State of New-York.--ISAIAH BUNCE,
THOMAS PALMER. _Sworn the 5th day of May, in the Year 1815,
before me SAMUEL COOK, Master in Chancery_."

"John Dunning being sworn saith, That in March last, He went
to Albany and there saw Benjamin Cowles Esq. one of the
Delegates from Saratoga, who told this deponent, that Samuel
Young Esq. had treated the Members of this county with
neglect, that their situation owing to the treatment they had
received from him was very disagreeable, or words to that
amount--mentioning instances of that neglect &c.

"And this deponent further saith, That on his return from
Albany, he overtook Richard Ketchum Esq. then going to visit
his family in Stillwater--that he conversed with the said
Ketchum, on the subje