The Massachusetts spy, or, Thomas's Boston journal. [volume] (Boston [Mass.]) 1772-1775, 1774-05-05
-s For the MASSACHUSETTS SPY.
= ALEXANDER WEDDERBURN, ER;

feyeral very important matssrS on pon "oes " 80 =
.ica debate between Gest-Bntain aud her colonies inc
srer nc Dr. Franklin to Lord Dartmouth on one de ana
Mr. Mauduts EDITION 20 the Lords OF the COMMITTEES on
the other your very pted fpeech againit Dr. frahS
and chat eanemnns frnce in aniwer the report OF ie
Lords of the Committee and the reioyaS OF the Town VI
Peseriham. As your ipeesn Is the mo" f-I
Of the oamphIet il is 70 that ia chiefly conne my re-
Marks Being pnbled 10 manner 10 authentic you wan
give rr leave 10 conhder as u, at eat favourao
rr,re(ntaon of what you really delivered on the oeeaon
You will give me leave iuppoie that your ipecen was
really as contemplate in point OF argument as run OF "u
lent defamation, and little to the PurPoe OF Vih'0s
the two American Governors, it aPpears IN the pAPe
that aerrs il 70 be yous Your puuiher fyou were nor
yourclf the paoier) yioe,y prejudced agant the ae
ricans as he has flown hnielf in the remarks ne mas
cd, undoubtedly f-t your Argument IN as iuiKhg POM "
light as his memory and abilities would permit a. "
not done uilce to your merit, you are reaiy niA'
more n than he has represented you, 1t you are e4pIos
of writing Jingle paragraph in The argninen'auVe Way I
a nnt be founded on the ae aerons and conducted WIN
abludity the mott garngy ioPhica you ought no. oie
one moment till you have given the public new eoo VI
or fpeech corrected and amended by the author In one
point we have the utno ealon to believe that the
has not done iuce to your abilities We were aliured Dc
6eband that in the yiruence and eTontey oil iareanc
defamation it irpaed every thing that had been
on the ublea and that all future raiers agan Anefea
and Dr. franklin mutt borrow their topics from the eeeh
of Mr. Wedderburn. Now would be very far from de-
II 10 Be mott admirable piece of Bllnggate allow hae
!, contains every eena property Of that Kind OF writing
that il IS eom2oed in train the mott contemptuous anu
Earcacal that it abounds with the mott vruient aou'e
that it has arcey the leaf appearance OF agumsh'' ana
chat hardly fnge period has its foundation IN truth. ret
s me leave TO ay that has anwered the expectations
of the public or demonstrated, it was affirmed by your
admirers that il would demonate, your iupenonty 70 al
mankind in the Bnggate of the BAR For contemporary
as YOU fem TO think Of the abilities OF Americans auc
YOU we have very many among who can tax as many
hours on the fame iube with as much vruence as muSh
doematfn and as much lhood and with as little mo-
dev as little argument and little attention to propnety
of grammar or expreion. This apparent want OF energy
in your printed pesch, fcnibe mutt be attributed
chiefly to your editor. For are ured that many Oh INC
noR filming palges omitted in the publication par
sculay your whole attack Dr. franklin in his literary
capacity the dsicacy of your pun in filling HIM bono mum
fyayR, and your declaration that the man ought 10 DC
expelled from the Royal Soeey, who is universally ackno"
lodged to be one of its grea,eit ornaments All TINS your
editor hath omitted from Orange fancy he had probably
taken that the gentleman who IN che view OF all the "oiiu,
had made the sioa important doyerie in phlooPhy and
difpayed the mott penetrating genius Of any writer nee e
DAYS of Newton, could icarcey injured IN ms ie' ny
the cenfure Of Alexander Wedderburn Or perhaps o an
opinion he had conceived that iome little regard to the uni
vs- iudeent of mankind ihould iet limits IN Tome Gales
even the privilege felton, that figure OF the bar
Taking il FOR granted therefore that, however many
hsaut paages ma, have been omitted, the printed Peeeh
Is ul representation Of that which you delivered 10 Tar as
vour puber Judged it could be any way ierycabe 70 he
eaue in which you were engaged or yourief were wins
70 ayow your own nments and expreons, beg leave 10
con6der fome parts of with minute attention.
The degn of YOUR peech yindieate the eonduet
az the Governor and Lieutenant Governor OF tins provinces
and the Continents expeed in their letters, asant the ao
dreG of the Houls of Representatives. praying for their re-
rnoyal from their potts in the government You nave
choien to ret their defence the following points OF agu
meot which you doubtless imagined were convincing and
s-monaatye that the addre Of the Houe OF Repreen-
ratives is very much Ike ifoy in Juyenal that Mr
utchnon enjoyed in iome degree the connaenee OF TINS
reople till the arrival of letters dicovered ms ienumeh
that Dr. Franklin is much like Zanga that the Governors
etten whether good bad, of private nature tat
the DEBTOR has FIX continents in Bottom that beiides the
letters in oueon, there one written oy ME- Nooe'
chat the Doctor not Agent TOR the province thae
there was aac Of rights and grievances Publhed in boo
which YOU believe he had hare in compelling and that
the reves of many in this province, and particularly
rhole Of Peterham are very king and curious lhee,
with your unupported aetons of the Innocence and good
ne6 of your clients your repeated iareams on the en@'
and conduct of DIR, franklin, and your aPPauded pun IN
calling him prime eoHd27or make up the whole aFGu-
rnentatvc part of your iPeeeh
II Is true there is chain in the t part, where It ieems
yoa gave narrative Of the behaviour Of Mr. hutehnion
and rs people of this province during the a ten years
Here one would think you bad the aiFeit opportunity oy
your peculiar of narration to have lad oHethng 70
the purpoie of vindieating your clients nave no
Int In this Dart YOU employees the powers, art plauioy
and exasaeation BY what range intaatoH has itthen
happened that the only part of your pcseh, which ieem to
have been to the purpo, the only part, whehs omitted
in the publication Why the vndeatOn OF our Cover
nors eonaua left in blank Did it contain lels OF truth
and probability than the other parts of your defamation
Dd you or your pubher fuPPoe that foy would appear
fa aburd and ridiculous the world, which received
with fuch appaufe by the Lords Of the Committee Or did
YOU co ceiye that leave the whole narrative in blank
vas the bc pancgye you could make on the conduct of
Mr.. Hutchnfon and his aiiocStes
There is fome humour in your application of the lines
from Iuvcna but had you related the whole aory, YOU
could lcarcely have flown any of reembance nor
gcud Mr. Huchinion have eauie TO thank you for the
hint Of applying him the of Seanus man infa-