The Massachusetts spy, or, Thomas's Boston journal. [volume] (Boston [Mass.]) 1772-1775, 1772-12-17
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man,ess in a political view, lies fome
where between the hardy roughneis OF our
aDcehors, and the over delicacy and rtflne.
ment of oufielvss. The following trani-
criot from the hfory of ST. ChtiaophePs
and the Leeward Hands viii thew how
ufurping ,yrant was ferved at Antigua about
she beginning Of the current century, in the
perfon of Col. Park.
/" This gentleman was, it Teens, ma.
rive of Virginia, but being at London when
the war broke out in 1902, ne became an
officer in our army, ano found means to re-
sommepd himElf 70 frongly to the Duke
and Ducheis Of Marlborough, that the Duke
not only made him his aid dc camp, but
ient him home with the news OF the battle
and vieory at Hochaes, and afterwards got
him appointed Governor of the Leeward
Hands, pof he was very unit for, conf
dering his naughty and violent temper but
as men, of this caR are often the mott fub-
mifive to thofe who, they think, can fol-
ward their views ofintereit or ambition, the
Dixie perhaps knew nothing of his natural
diipohfion.
" July a., 1906, he arrived at Antigua,
which he made the place of his reiidence,
that ifland being then in the mott AourIthIng
condition, as il had not been attempted by
the French in the invaGon they had made
the proceeding year upon the other Ltewsrd
Hands. Upon bis arrival they fettled upon
him Ioool. a year, not as falary, for that
would have been contrary to the initFbetions
chen given to all ourAmericanG overnors,bus
as rent for a houfe. But before ne had
been year in the iland, he had fallen out
with mott of the chief men in that and all
the other ilands, one of the fTit caufes of
which feems to have been, his appointing a
common foot folder of the regiment hation
ed in thofe Islands, to be provoR MARTIAL Of
Antigua, which was certainly mott arbi-
trasy and iniuferable act, as the Office OF
shat officer is the fame with that of ouI high
f,erifs 10 England and this appointment.
he made ftill the more TO be apprehended,
by declaring that he would have no pro.
voff.marfhal who would not return fuch ju-
ries as he lhould direct. |. is likewile fsId,
TIA, being man Of gallantry, he made too
free with the wives and daughters OF tonne of
the chief men under his government, con-
duct in chief magftrate which has Produc
Il many revolutions, and therefore We can
not wonder at its producing one IN the Lee
ward Hands.
{" In ihort, he was guilty of 70 many ar
bitrary and illegal actions, that IN the ie~
cond or third year of his government, the
people lent an agent to England, with a pc
ti,ion, containing many heavy complaints
apainff him whereupon her MajefY Queen
Anne. in council, ordered the facts TO DC
inquired into, by an examination OF witnei-
les upon the fpo,, and that as loon as that
examination ihould be, on both iides, COM
oIea,ed, the Governor fhould return TO
England, by the 6ra hip of war, to jutffy
himielf before the council. The examna'
ton was accordingly complicated, foOn at
ter the beginning OF the year 1910, and the
people expected their Governor was to leave
them and return to England, in obedience
TO the Queens orders, BY lhiP then pre-
pairing to fail; but the Governor either was
not, or pretended not to be ready: I he
Chip failed without him and he continued
NOT only TO exeIcife his government, but to
exerciie it in the fame manner, 70 that the
pe5plebegan to look upon him, not only as
a tyrant, but as an uiurping tyrant, bscauie
they thought his power fulpended, at Ieaft,
BY the Queens order to return
6 Whit the people were generally in
this difpcGion, at meeting 10 the court
houfe at St. Johns, fome high words be.
gan to pais between him and the AAem-
bly,, wh.reupon Lieutenant Of the regular
troops ran and brought party of grenaiers
into the court houie; but whether he did 70
of his own motion, or BY tine Governors
order, is not faid. Upon this the Aiiembly