Oneafternoon, intheheightofthispublicquarrel, wemetinthestreet.
Oneafternoon, intheheightofthispublicquarrel, wemetinthestreet."Franklin," sayshe, "youmustgohomewithmeandspendtheevening; Iamtohavesomecompanythatyouwilllike;" and, takingmebythearm, , aftersupper, hetoldus, jokingly, thathemuchadmir'dtheideaofSanchoPanza,[93] who, whenitwasproposedtogivehimagovernment, requesteditmightbeagovernmentofblacks, asthen, ifhecouldnotagreewithhispeople, , whosatnexttome, says, “Franklin, whydoyoucontinuetosidewiththesedamn'dQuakers? Hadnotyoubettersellthem? Theproprietorwouldgiveyouagoodprice.” “Thegovernor,” saysI, “hasnotyetblackedthemenough.” He, indeed, hadlabouredhardtoblackentheAssemblyinallhismessages, buttheywip'doffhiscolouringasfastashelaiditon, andplac'dit, inreturn, thickuponhisownface; sothat, findinghewaslikelytobenegrofiedhimself, he, , grewtir'dofthecontest, andquittedthegovernment.
Thesepublicquarrels[94] wereallatbottomowingtotheproprietaries, ourhereditarygovernors, who, whenanyexpensewastobeincurredforthedefenseoftheirprovince, withincrediblemeannessinstructedtheirdeputiestopassnoactforlevyingthenecessarytaxes, unlesstheirvastestateswereinthesameactexpresslyexcused; , tho' , whowasGovernorMorris'ssuccessor, venturedtodisobeythoseinstructions; howthatwasbroughtaboutIshallshowhereafter.
ButIamgotforwardtoofastwithmystory: therearestillsometransactionstobemention'dthathappenedduringtheadministrationofGovernorMorris.
