The Massachusetts spy. [volume] (Boston [Mass.]) 1770-1772, 1772-03-26
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TO bi, GRACE The DUKE sfGRAFTON.


w, when almoR every man in the
kingdom, without diftinaion of principles
or party, exults in the ridiculous defeat of
Sir James Lowther, when good and bad
men unite in one common opinion of that
BAronet, and triumph in his diRrefs, as if
the event without any reference to vice
or virtue were nteretting to human ma
ture, your Grace alone fhould appear 70
miferably deprehed and afflicted ! In fuch
universal JOY, know not where you will
look for a compliment of condolance, un-
lefs you appeal to the tender, fympathetic
forrows of Mr.. Bradlhaw. That cream
coloured genteman's tears, affecting a.
they are, carry con(olation aorg with
them. He never w-eps, but, ike an A.
pril fhower, with lambsnt ray of fun
fhine upon his countenancc. From the
feelings of honsR .:.en, upou this joyful
occaGon,l do not mean TO draw any canc u
fion TO your Craze. Thy naturally re-
joice, when they fee fgna iuaanre Of
tyranny reiiifed with fuccels of tfeachc
~ expofed TO the deriiion of the word -
an infamous informsr defeated, add an i'm
pudent robbcr dragged to the pubic glib
bet. But, in the ether clafs of mankind,
] own | expected to meet the Duke of
Grafton. Men, VINO have no regard for
jufice, nor any fenfe of honour, feem as
heartily pleafed with Sir James Lowther's
well-delerved punilhment, as if it did not
confitute an example againf themfeives
The unhappy Baronet has no friends, even
among thole who refemble him. You,
my Lord, are not yet reduced to 70 de-
plorable fate of derelefion. Every VIII
lain in the kingdom is your friend and,
in compliment to fuch friendihip. think
you fhould fuffer your difma corntenznce
TO clear up. Beides my Lord am
little anxious for the confift-ncy of your
character. You violate your own rules of
decorum, when you do not iniult the man
whom you have betrayed.
The divine juftice Of retribution feems
now to have begun its progrels. Delibe-
rare treachery intails Punifhment upon the
traitor. There is no poflibility of efcapine
it, even in the higheff rank, to which the
content of fociety can exalt the meaneft
and WORT of men. The forced, unnatu-
raj union of Luttrell and kAiddlef X, was an
omen of another unnatural union,by which
indefeslible infsmy is attached to the houfe
of Btunfwick. If one of thole acts was
virtuous and honorable, the bef ofPrinces,
thank God is happily rewarded for it by
the other You Grace, 1t bGJ ben (0id,
haj fome lhare in recommending Colonel
Lut,rell to the King ;-or was it only the
gentle Bradihaw, who made himfelf an
lwerable for the good behaviour of his
friend An intimate connect on has long
fubiifed between him and the WORTH
Lord Irn1am. Ii aro(e from fortunate
familiarity of principles, cemented by the
confant mediation of their common friend
Mifs Davis,
Yet confefs l fhould be forty that the
opprobious infamy of this match fhouid
reach beyond the family. We have now
better reafon than ever to pray for the long
life of the bef ofPrinces, and the welfare OF
hisRoyal iOEs. will not mix any thing O
minous with my prayers ;--but LET parlia-
ment look 20 it. A LHftrsH fhall never
fucceed to the crown Of England. If the
hereditary virtues of the family deferve a
kingdom, Scotland will be proper retreat
for them.
The next is a remarkable inRancs OF the
goodnefs of providence. The juit law oil
ret ilation has at lat overtaken the little,
Mt
this fon-in-lAw of your dearett friend TIE
Earl of Butte, you meant to transfer the
Duke of Portand's property and you haf-
tened the grant, with on expedition un-
known to the trea(ury, that he might have
it time enough to give Deceive turn to
the election for the county. The imme-
date conlequence of this Aagtious robbie
ry was, that h: loft his election, which
you meant to iBfure to him, and with luch