48
to the Commodore of that Colony by the Commander of the
17
gun boat Drake which had
made a good prize of a large
boat
with emigrants
in low waters.
I am not disposed, Sir, to accompany you in each of the points which form
the subject of your despatch, because this would give rise to
long
controversy, which I am
unwilling to begin, chiefly
because I sincerely suppose
you to be right
in some
of the critical remarks
you
were pleased to present to my consideration. Allow me however,
Sir, to observe that I am not less interested, than you
can be, to
suppress abuses and frauds ; and this is shown by the regulations I have prescribed on the subject;
shown
by
the
severity
with
which I have punished the
least deviation from the laws,
which has come to
my knowledge
and finally, shown
by
The
zeal I have employed
in every thing that concerns this
Colonial affair
Still it is possible, Sir, to
have slipped in some abuses, in
spite of the most sincere wishes
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to the Commodore of that Colony by the Commander of the
17
gun boat Drake which had
made a good prize of a large
boat
with emigrants
in low waters.
I am not disposed, Sir, to accompany you in each of the points which form
the subject of your despatch, because this would give rise to
long
controversy, which I am
unwilling to begin, chiefly
because I sincerely suppose
you to be right
in some
of the critical remarks
you
were pleased to present to my consideration. Allow me however,
Sir, to observe that I am not less interested, than you
can be, to
suppress abuses and frauds ; and this is shown by the regulations I have prescribed on the subject;
shown
by
the
severity
with
which I have punished the
least deviation from the laws,
which has come to
my knowledge
and finally, shown
by
The
zeal I have employed
in every thing that concerns this
Colonial affair
Still it is possible, Sir, to
have slipped in some abuses, in
spite of the most sincere wishes