The Massachusetts spy, or, Thomas's Boston journal. [volume] (Boston [Mass.]) 1772-1775, 1773-01-21
FroiE me PoLiTiCAL REoisTEa, for Ga. 1874,
fsth EARL Of OAR rMOUTH.

IA VINO uetsHs uAtsety &nu duui4lions III
kncerity of heart congratulates your Lord.
ihp on your appointment to the inportan,
charge Of conducting the affairs of the Bri-
tin Colonies. The whole nation applauds
the happy choice his Majefy has made Of 70
able, 70 confcientious, 70 temperate Minif-
ter. Il is eonlidered as a favourable preface
of a change of fentiments at court. The
public in general form 'he higheR expeaasi-
ons, from your un(potted character, from
your known attachment to the principles Of
religious and civil liberty and from your ge-
rerous concern for the welfare of your eoun-
cry, that you will exert the influence you
cannot fail to acquire in the clofet, to pro-
tel, to countenance, and fupport the juff pre-
tenlions of all his MajeRy's iubjeefs to par
take alike of his psternal care and Affection.
In future addreis I'may have the honour
to propofe Tome conciIiating mealures to be
taken at home to render every branch Of ad-
miniiiration equally popular, and to make
the people almoff adore their Sovereign: but
for the prefent | ihall con6ne myfelf to thofs
objects which fall within your particular de.
partment.
There have been times, my Lord, when
an arbitrary miniffer would not have been
permitted to ftea on, OF Office with IMMUNITY,
after having THANKFULLY oppreGed one part
of the Bfitiih empire, fill groAning beneath
the tyranny of his diefa.orial power. But
we have now been long ufed to Zee the
WORT lervices the bef rewarded and the
Taft inRance is, that of your predeceiior, the
Ecourge of America, who, if he had contlnu-
ed bis notorious NAL administration OF the
colonies only a few months longer, would
have found the weight Of the juR Indignation
of his American brethren too heavy for him
20 have borne. Applehenfive of this, he
dexterou1y avoided the impending blow by
nepping aide. In his native obicurity let US
leave him, while | lay before your Lordlhip
the actual fate of one Of the Britilh Gettle
ments, which, inifead Of being made mott
valuable scqui6tion to the mother country,
by the commercial benefits to Be derived
from il, has been rendered the feat of inter-
nal dilcord and commo,ion through the vio-
lent meaiures of the abandoned tools of his
power.
Your Lordfhip cannot be franger to the
dirputes which have fubGasd in the ceded II
land Of GRANADA from the time that the
torR Of government eaablfhed and amicably
fet,Ied BY ikc fra Governor, on the BATS of
che treaty Of eace, and in conformity to the
Kings proclaA Ntion was altered, or rather
flbver,ed, by th. mandates, private Untrue
tons, and other pe,ogative ATS of the crown,
impoliticly obtained, and illegally ihued from
your predeceGor's Office. The repeated
petitions and memorials ofthe Kings natural
born iubieefs on this head ought TO be found
In your Office, for periwaded as the injured
parties are that Lord Hilliborough never let
them have acces to the throne, they doubt
not the preieryatIon of them by the vigilance
Of the official Secretary. Thefe papers will
fave me the trouble of recapitulating the
progreis of defpotifm in Grenada until it ar
rived at its full height BY the laf acts of
YOUR predeceiIm' administration. The ma
nceuvres of the Lieutenant Governor FilE-
maurice, [ the Prototype of Sir Francis
Betnard) of his iefui,ieal Secretary Staunton,
and of all the abettors of the French party,
Mr.. Pownal has long fince got my heart,
and il your LOrdfhiP wants further informa-
ton relative to the fame fubjea, | can refer
YOU 20 abier and better authorities. 1t ihall
therefore be my buhnels to take uP the mat
ter lin this paper where my brother-writers
feem to have left it and to convince your
Losdfhip that il is highly expedient, from
che prrient poRure of affairs in Granada, to
Teverfe all the meafures Of your predeceflor,
refpeaing its government, without lois of
time.
On the Rrength of promife made by the
Duke of Grafton to feat as many as he pol-