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Show 4.06 Reply to (z Pretty} agaziyi Dr. Franklin, [R P. ] " little finger we fhould find heavier than the " Proprietor's whole loins," with regard to our liberties; t/mz {mired might the minit'rers be (uppofed to think unfavourably of me. But thefe are not exploits for a man who holds a profitable oflioe under the crown, and can expect to hold it no longer than he behaves with the fidelity and duty that becomes every good fubjeét. They are as Prawmz ' al ' Agent. 407 gzeat] number of the mott feri ous and reputable 5151. ‘?Shficv', hiié';ai. fi‘i'i‘i‘ o ‘ ni'l wicee I4. Si" ears "pro havem me b fiifgiogifiwafgzfi orb/tin is ta [if ercflodj by 6th: . ~ ', una e Wit and conneétions, and the iiifl all , our 1 l y ' W63 H :31 obtaipj a; election in the ciliiihicy ::;:r§1;:uy::' 1' e, an t e city where on were bO‘ ‘ 1‘ only for officers of pr0prietary appointment 3 who . belt known ;) have been yobli ‘ed hold their commiflions during his, and not the King's, pleafure; and who, by dividing among themfelves and their relations, ofiices of many thoufands a year enjoyed by proprietary favour, from one of the out counties, %lae fgnigfgitoaffi: prOVince l-It is known, Sir, to the perfons who propofed me, that I was firfi: chof en a ainll inclination; and againl't my entreati es thft I mini:y be {utt fie] where to place their loyalty. I with they were as good fubjeéts to his M1;/rfly;-and per- ‘haps they may be f0, when the proprietary interferes no longer. Another of your reafons is, " that the propofal " of me for an agent, is extremely difagreeable to "‘ a'very great number of the moft ferious and ‘ reputable inhabitants of the province; and the " proof is, my having been rejected at the 1219: ‘ eleétion, though I had reprefented the city in "‘ Affembly for fourteen years." And do thofe of you, Gentlemen, reproach me with this, who, among near four thoufand voters, had fcarcely a fcore more than I had? It leems 'then, that your elefz'z'om were very near being ered to remain a private man . 1": 311d are In noneg l: the 14. .eleétions you mention did-I ever 21 a candidate. ea 0 I never did, direétly, or ifciirei-f tlls foliCit any man's vote. For fixofth e vears inwh‘ihf I was annually chofen, I was abfent ' refidin 1C_ England; during all which time , yotir fecret ii 13 open attacks upon my character and re utatiii were medium; and yet you gained noiroundn And cairyou really, Gentlemen, find mitter f triumph in this rcy'eflz'm as you call it P- A i O inent s refleétion on the means by whi ch it 110obtained, mutt make you aihamed of it was Not only my duty to the crown, in carryin the pol't-oflice act more duly into executio n was iiiad ufe of to exafperate the ignorant, as iii I was en? rejeéfiom, andthereby furnithing the fame proof gifting my own profits, by picking their pock ets; in your cafe that you produce in mine, ofyom‘ {u being likewife extremely difagreeable to a VC‘Y my. very zeal in oppoiing the murderer s, and PP‘OI tingthe authority of government; and even great my: |