InmyjourneytoBostonthisyear, ImetatNewYorkwithournewgovernor, , justarriv'dtherefromEngland, , who, tir'dwiththedisputeshisproprietaryinstructionssubjectedhimto, hadresign'', “No; youmay, onthecontrary, haveaverycomfortableone, ifyouwillonlytakecarenottoenterintoanydisputewiththeAssembly.” “Mydearfriend,” sayshe, pleasantly, “howcanyouadvisemyavoidingdisputes? YouknowIlovedisputing; itisoneofmygreatestpleasures; however, toshowtheregardIhaveforyourcounsel, IpromiseyouIwill, ifpossible, avoidthem.” Hehadsomereasonforlovingtodispute, beingeloquent, anacutesophister, and, therefore, , hisfather, asIhaveheard, accustominghischildrentodisputewithoneanotherforhisdiversion, whilesittingattableafterdinner; butIthinkthepracticewasnotwise; for, inthecourseofmyobservation, thesedisputing, contradicting, , buttheynevergetgoodwill, , hegoingtoPhiladelphia, andItoBoston.
Inreturning, ImetatNewYorkwiththevotesoftheAssembly, bywhichitappear'dthat, notwithstandinghispromisetome, heandtheHousewerealreadyinhighcontention; anditwasacontinualbattlebetweenthemaslongasheretain'; for, assoonasIgotbacktomyseatintheAssembly, Iwasputoneverycommitteeforansweringhisspeechesandmessages, , aswellashismessages, wereoftentart, andsometimesindecentlyabusive; and, asheknewIwrotefortheAssembly, onemighthaveimaginedthat, whenwemet, wecouldhardlyavoidcuttingthroats; buthewassogood-natur'damanthatnopersonaldifferencebetweenhimandmewasoccasion'dbythecontest, andweoftendin'dtogether.
