The New Hampshire Gazette And Historical Chronicle

The two following Speeches was composed for this Paper two or three Weeks ago, but for want of Room omitted till now.
From the BOSTON GAZETTE. June 5.
Messieurs Edes & Gill,
Herewith send you the best account I can collect of what was said to the G----e-r by two gentlemen at the Council the next day after the election of Counsellors; the occasion of it every body will know, & it will sufficiently appear by the addresses themselves, the substance of which, upon a critical enquiry, I understand was as follows, viz-

The Hon. W--Jl--m Br--tt--e, Esq's Address,
MAY it please your Ex---r---y,
THE Province Charter vests your Ex--a--i-y with a Right of been pleased to exercise it upon me: You are not obliged to Negative upon the Election of the Council, and you have give your Reasons for so doing, & I ask none. You are accountable in this Matter only to God and your own Conscience, and I hope they will absolve you. I have the Pleasure to inform your Ex---y, that notwithstanding I have fallen under your Frowns, (with what Justice your Ex-ri---y can best tell) I had the unanimous Suffrage of both Houses, and with it their joint Approbation of my Con- duct, which gives me the highest Satisfaction, and will be at least a Balance for your Displeasure. I take this Occasion to acknow- ledge my Obligations to the honourable Board, and to thank them for every Expression of their Regard. With great Sincerity I wish your Ex-------y and your Family well; and with equal Sincerity I wish you Happiness in this State, and everlasting Happiness in the future one.

The Hon. J--m--s B--d--n, Esq's Address,
YOUR Ex----.--y has thought proper to confer upon me a
Mark of Distinction, which I should think it a Happiness to be intitled to, I say a Happiness, because your Ex--rr--y is such a Judge & Rewarder of Merit, that your Favours of this Sort have always been in Consequence of it, and afford a pretty good Proof of their being something valuable in the Persons on whom they are bestowed.---All the Observation I shall make on this Mark of your Distinction is, that under such Circumstances as have occa- sioned it, your Ex-------y's Censure is Praise, is an Honour to the Man who is the Subject of it, and the best Evidence that he has done his Duty.

To both which Addresses, 'tis said, that very coarse and vulgar Replies were made.