HISTORY OF &c. [BOOK. n. 



HIS HONOUR'S ANSWER. 



Mr. Speaker and Gentlemen of the Home of Assembly. 



Your address excites in my bosom every sensation of pleasure the 

 mind of man is capable of receiving. 



The picture you have drawn of the future prosperity of the island, is 

 Strong and impressive. 



After contemplating the unavoidable calamities of war, a sentiment ari- 

 ses, grateful and soothing to a feeling heart 



That, during your contest with an enemy the most ferocious that ever 

 disgraced the annals of history : 



That, during your contest with an army of savages, who have indis- 

 criminately massacred every prisoner whom the fortune of war had placed 

 in their power no barbarity, nor a single act of retaliation, has sullied 

 the brightness of your arms. 



I pray that the energy, the vigour, and the humanity, which you have 

 so honourably displayed, may descend to your children j and secure to 

 them for ever, those blessings which you have hitherto enjoyed, under 

 the mild and happy government of the illustrious house of Hanover. 



(C3 It must not be omitted (though I mentkm it with great concern) 

 that major general Walpole, being dissatisfied with the resolution of the 

 legislature to transport the Maroons from the country, declined the ac- 

 ceptance of the sword voted by the assembly. 



END OF THE FIRST VOLUME. 



