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tjeorgia Lrazette.
po 8 TO N, Jt/LY 4. .
OK Toefdny the jftft qft. hi* Excellency the Governor feat the follow
log Message to the Honourable Houfc of ReptefcnutiVes, vis.
Qmttitomntf tbt Homft ts Mefrefintmthoet,
HAVE hir Majrfty’s order* to nuke a reqotfitton to you, which.l
■ loonoMcut to you in the very wordt in which I have received it.
■ _J mad delire yoa to take it into immediate consideration, and
I aflhre yoa, that yoar refolution* thereon will have mod impor-
Unt confcqoences to the province.—l am myfclf merely minifte
flat |a this Marfi, having received his Majesty's inftruftions for all I
luuwth 4k In it.—l heartily with yea rtTiy k how forcible the rxpedien
tyof giving this testimonial of your doty and fnbmilfion i* at this
thee; if yoa should think otherwise, 1 moll nevertheless do my doty.
Council-Chamber, June si, 1768. F. BERNARD.
Ertreft of* Letterfrtm tbt Ear ltf Hilljbortugb, dotuiWhitehall, Abril 2 1 , 1768.
• it give* great concern to hit Majerty to find that the lame
tioa which appeared by your letter No. 3. to have been adopted, at the be.*
finning of the Scfion in a full Aflembly had not continued, and indeed
of thdt spirit of prudence and tffpeft to the conftitutioo, whichfeemed
Ot that time to indbeweethe condtfA of n large majority of the members,
o thin Honfe at tho dole of the SeCon should have presumed to revert to
and relolve upon a measure of lb inllanimatory a nature as that of writing
40 the ocher Colonies on a fubjeQ of their intended reprefentatiomagainft
fomeUte AA* of Parliament.—Hi# Majesty conliders this ilep as evident
ly tending to create unwarrantable combinations, to excite an uejuftifiabfe
opposition to the conditutional authority of Parliament, and to revive
Miofconkappy divisions and diftraAions which have operated so prejudi
wlally ie Great-Britain and the Colonies.—After what paired in the for
mer part of the Sessions, and after the declared feafe of so large a majority
when the Houle was full, his Majeily cannot but confider this a* a very
unfair proceeding, and the reflations taken thereupon to be contrary to
the real fcnfe of tho Alembly, and procured by surprise ; and therefore
it is the King's pleasure, that lb soon as the General Court is again aflen
bted a* the time pseforibed by the Charter, you (hall require of the Houfc
of Repvefentativcsiu his Majedy's name to refeind the resolution that gave
birth to the Circular Letter frem the Speaker, and to declare their dif
jtiifphatlas of, and dident to that ralh and haftyproceeding.
*w His Majesty has the fulled reliance on the afleAions df nis good fub
jeAs in tfie Maflachufetts-Bay, and has observed with fatitfaftioa that fpi
fit of decency and love of order which has difeovered itfelf in the conduit
of the mod considerable of its inhabitants, and thmefere his Majedy has
the better ground to hope that tho attempt made by a desperate faAton
to diilurb the publick tranquillity will be discountenanced, and that the
execution of the measure recemmended to you will not meet with any dif
ficulty.” . . . . * .
THB Houle by Melage desired the Governor to fend them the matin -
der of the above Letter, also another Letter from hi* Lordlhip, which had
been communicated to his Majedy's Council, and copies of fhch letters
as hit Excellency had wrote on the fubjeA contained in his Meflage, with
the King’s inftruAion to him on this matter: In coulequence or which
Message his Excellency the Governor sent the following Anfwcr, via.
Gentium* of tbt Hotft of Rtfre/entotivts, *, .
1 SHOULD have communicated to yon the whole ,pf the Earl of
Hiflfborooeh’s Letter relating to the business which I liid before you
on the sift snftant, if 1 had not been desirous that your compliance with
his Majedy's requisition might have its full merit, by its appearing to be
entirely dilated by a feafe of your duty ; but since you desire to know
what my further orders are, 1 herewith fend you a copy of the part of the
letter relative to this business, which contain* all my inftruAion* thereon 1
and as I know you will not expe& that I should disobey the. King's pofi
live commands, I mud desire mat if you (hall resolve to oblige me to ex
ecute them, you will, previoully to your giving your final answer, pre
sent the inconvenience that may fall upon the people for want of the an
nual Tax-Bill, which I underdand is not yet sent up to the Board.—ls
I am obliged to difTolve the General Court, I lhall net think myfclf at li
berty to call another, till 1 is all receive his Majedy’s commands for that
purpose, w hich will be too late te prevent the Trcafurer iffoing his war
yaat for the whole tax granted by the aA of the lad year.
A* to the letter of the Earl of Hillfborough which I communicated to
the Council, I may bug leave te be the proper judge es the time and oc
eafioa of communicating any papers I receive to the Coancil or Houfc.-
Jf I had then thought k expedient to lay it before the Honfe I should then
bane-done it ; when I ball thlak it so I (hall do
r A* 10 your rcqutft of copses of my letters to the Secretary of State, you
Ksastafifore yourselves that I (hall not sever make publick my letters ta his
Jtfairdyfo Mfoidcrs, but upon my own motion and upon my own reafoae.
v Cooacil-Cham her, June 44, #768. F. BERNARD.
Rtmminder of tm Marl of Hilljltrtmgld 1 Letter.
** JF it should, and if, nmwithflanding the apprehensions which may
be juitly entertained of tho PI confequencet of this faAioos spirit which
fronts to have influenced tbe resolution of the AfFembly at the coudufion
•f the last, the new Aflembly should refufe to comply with his Majedy’s
inhe Kinf’Vpfcafore you mb'IMIIMdMUPIj
dissolve them, and transmit to roe, to be laid before his Majesty, an ac
feitanl of ybur'proceedines thereon, to the end hls Majedy may, if lie
riftbfs fit, ‘fay whelcmatter before his Parliament, that such provifi
is dtairVCfound ntcefTary mav be made to prevent for the future h
SulTbfTe Ati jftmflnary abd unconftitutlonal a •nature. It is not Jib
ifty's htunttour that a faithful difcbarge of your duty should uyelUli
EDNESDAY\ August 3, 1768, *
to your own prejudice, or to the difcoouauance of aav aecedary eftablifr
meot—proper cam wUi be taken for the support and dignity #f govern*
mem.” , #
Gentlemen of tie titufo of MofirofenUtt+et i
, •• yow a full week, since 1 laid.before you, his Majedy's reqaifi*
tion, fignified by his Secretary of State. I mft therefore define yoa to
come ton refolqtion upon it, for 1 cannot admit of a much longer delay,
without considering it as ao answer in the negative.
Council. Chamber, June *B, 176!. F. BERNARD,
A Mefiage from the Aflfifnbly to the Governor, June eg.
it pieo# t yotor EotttUanty t
IN Answer to yoar Excellency's MciTage of the af th indent, the Houle
of Reprefcntativcs requed, that your Excellency would favour this
General Couit with a rcceft, that they may coufult their Condituca:* re
fpeding tho requisition contained in yoor nsefage of the aiA inftaat, in
confequsacc of the Earl of Hill (borough's letter to your Excellency,
A Menage from the Governor to tho Aflembly.
Gentlemen ts tie Uottft es Mtfr^etttouhoet t
I CANNOT, confidently with my feafe • f my duty, prorogue or ad
joura the General Court, until I have received your answer to his Ma
jedy's fuqmficson. I mud therefore repeat my leqssdft to you to bring due
matter to a concla6oo.
Council- Chamber, Jane to, 176ft* F. BERNARD.
ON Thursday the 30th of June, the Committee reported a Letter to
the Right Hon. the Karl of HUilboroogb, fcttiag forth to hit Lordlhip,
the several votes and refolutioas which pafled in the last Houfc of Rcprc*
fentalives, relating to the circular lector ; nod fiiowieg that the whole of
tbefe matters were tranfoAcd in the height of the flefion, in nfull Houfc,
and by a large majority. This letter wae dtftiaAiy read several times;
tad afterwards accepted by a majority of ninety-throe out of oac hundred
aod five members present, aad a fair copy-was ordered to be taken for the
Spanker to sign nnd transmit to his Lordftiip ns foot as might be.
Theo it was moved that the uueftioa be pot, whether the Houle wifi
refeifd the resolution of tho last Honfe which gave birth to tbeir circular
letter to the several Hofes of Reprafootauvcfraad Burge files of Use other
colonics on the centincotf and paoisd ia the negative by a division of */•
reus to frventem.
Hereupon the Committee loported aa Answer to the Governor’s mefta.
ges* of the aid and 04th of Jane, which was accepted by a large majority,
aad is as follows.
A Mefiage from the AfTembly to the Governor, June 30, 17ft.
May it pletfiyomr Excellency,
THE Houfc of Reprefentntivcs of this his Majedy’s ancient and loyal
province of the MalTxchufetts-Bay have with the greatest deliberation coa
fidcred your Mtflagcs of the 21 and and satis indent, with the several extnsA*
froth the letter of tr.c Right Hon. the Earl of Hilllborough, his Majedy’s
principal Sccrctsry of State for North-American affairs, dated the sxd of
April lad, which your Excellency has thought fit to communicate.. We
have also received the written aulwer which your Excellency was pleased
to give the Committee of this Houfc direAcd to watt on you the spiktad.
with a medfegc humbly requediug n recess, that Use Members might be
favoured with nts opportunity to consult their conditueats at ttslb impor
tant crisis, when a dircA and peremptory requisition is made of anew and
drange conftruAure, and so drenuoufly prrt-d, vis. T hat we fisould im
mediately refeind the resolution of the last House to transmit c rcular let
ters to the other Irilifts colonies on the continent of North Ameica, bajrely
intimating n desire that they would join in similar dutiful aad loyal pets*
tions to our moft Gracious Sovereign, for the redress of the gricvaaccs oc
casioned by foudry late AAs of Parliament calculated for the foie purpose
of raising a tevenue in America. We have moft diligently revised not only
the said resolution, but also the circular letter written nnd sent ia coofe
qoence thereof, and after all, they both appear to us to be conceived in
terms not only prudent and moderate in themselves, but refpeftful tfo the
authority of taut truly august body the Parliament of Great Britain, and
very dutiful aad loyal in regard to ftis Majedy’s facrcd person, crown and
dignity: of all which wteatertairfentiments of the highest reverence and
moft ardent afteAioa, tad fisould we ever depart from thefc sentiments,
wc mull fiend fclf condemned, as uqworthy use name of Britifts fubje&a
defeendtd from Britifli Anccdors, intimately allied end conneAcd in ia
tereft* aad inclination with our fellow fobjeds the Commons of Grent-
Britain. We cannot but express our deep concern that a measure of the
late Houfc, in all refotAs so innocent, in mod so virtuous nnd laudable,
and a* we conceive so truly patriotick, Ihould hart been represented to
Adminidration in the odioos light of a party, and feAious measure, and
that pa Died through by reverting in a thin Houfc to, and rc-coafiderlng,
what in s full Aflembly had been reieAed. It was and is a matter of no
toriety, that more than righty members were present at the re- cenfiderati
on of the vote agaieft the application to the other .colonies. The vote of
re-confideratien was obtained by n large majority ; it is, or ought to he
well known, thafthe prefcnee of eighty members makes a full Houfc, chta
number*being Just doublh to what by the royal charter of the province so
requited to cenftitote th: third branch of our colony legislature.
Tour Excelleay Might have bran very easily informed, if yon teas not,
that’the meafure* of the late House. in regard to sundry AA* of the lafr
Parliament for the f >le*purp >fe of raiftng n North American reVettud, wftrn
generally carried by three to one; and We dare appeal to yoterExcelllfccy,
for the truth of this affertioa, namety, that there were many petfrfo so tSk
majority, is all views, as refpeAable as the very heft of tpe asiaos^v.
‘ (let tbt lof Zotgt.J .