Appendix. 365

Your Up.^r House of Assembly Headed by a Lieut. Governor
Hon.^w, of real abilities & a just man & has exercised no Power But
with Lenity & truly the Members that compose the Up.^r House
by you appointed, you have chosen provincial Gentlemen of the
real Best circumstances & the majority of them of the best Erudition,
all of fair & Hon^ble characters; acknowledged in & by those here
y.^t are conversant with the British Colonies in America & to be
part of Legislature the best appointed in the Colonies y.^r Lord^sps &
Ancestors and as may be said the Utile Domini to the Crown, have
held with Lenity the Reins of Goverm.^t & rendering Pecuniary
Gratuities of Princely friendships. Both Public & Private to the
Provincial People, Testimony thereof now extant & Recorded &
Acknowledge by Sev^l Acts of Assembly. Standers by say, See Why
Abuse ? why ? answ.^d from Ambition, Self-interest, ab.^t the Loaves &
Fishes, Malice, Envy & turbulent spirit, & imaginary Fantoms;
these are Crudities attendant on the chyle [sic] of Governm.^t;
too often not recoverable but by Justice, w.^h if needful will extermi-
nate my Lord Adversaries unlawful & undutifull Behaviour.
I've y.^r Let.^r to the Gov.^r w.^h I shall take care to transmit him y.^r
Benevolent Expressions to him & to y.^r Council State will please
them much, their Conduct is Essentialy just. Y.^r Doctrine therein
to the Lo H — ab.^t an Agent is truly observed, & good Advice to
them to follow & they Aught; But their turbulency is surprising!
follows the Argum.^ts by messages from the Up^r House to the Lo
House con.^g the Bills sent from the Lower House ab.^t appointm.^t
of a Provincial Agent, Brief Extracts cited, & must Evince y.^r
Lord.^p of the false assertion of the Let^r Writer ab.^t Agent Bills
sent by the Lo.^ps to the Up.^r House, he says viz.^t "And have not
these Bills always miscarried in the Up.^r House? Why have the
Up.^r House rejected these Bills without giving any reason for it, or
proposing any amendments? Answ.^r The Up.^r House has offered
to join Issue Sev.^l times with the Lo. House, for the appointm.^t of
a Provincial Agent, extant on their Journals & they say in Answ.^r
to the Lo.^r Ab^t an Agent viz.^t "State y.^r case as plausible as you
can, for the consideration of the Public: But if you will be so
candid as to allow the Up^r House capable of being actuated by
any principles of Honour & Justice & Reason in matters where
his Lord.^p is concerned, y.^r Whole Reasoning falls to the Ground,
nor have we as yet denied a Passage to any other Bill for an Agent,
But that one in the Shape you sent it."

"All we contend for is, That the Concurrence of the Gov.^r &
the Up.^r House should be made necessary in the Nomination &
Appointm.^t of the Person designed for that employment, & that
the Agents on Behalf of other Plantations are generally nominated
by the Legislature or Government. We cannot believe the world
can be so easily improved upon as you imagine, & it is the heigth

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