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Goyernour, but would signify his &C.
ceptance or non-acceptance at 10 O
| lock.


At ten O'Clock, the following Com
nunication was received from the Hon.
WILLIAM HEATH


| To the Hon. Senate and Hon. House Of
Representatives of the Common
wealth Of Massachusetts,.
GENTLEMEN,
have been notified by very re-
spectacle Committee of both Houses,
that / have been elected Lieutenant
Goycrnour of the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts, for the year ensuing, by<
a majority of the votes of the electors.


Impressed with the most lively sense
|of gratitude by this mark of confidence
and esteem, / present to you, and
through you to my fellow-citizens, my
most sincere and hearty thanks. Hav-
ing been mole than forty years in pub
lick life, contemporary with the early
|asserters of American rights, and the
adoption of measures for their defence,
and near the illustrious WASHING
TON, during the Revolutionary war,
in the most difficult, perilous and inter-
esting periods, our country has, as yet,
experienced, the prime of my life has
passed away and have arrived at near
ly the common age of man, when the
vigour Of the mind abates and the most
splendid Offices cease to charm.


have seen my beloved countryf in
deep distress struggling to retain the
life of that equal liberty, which Heaven
las given as an unalienable legacy to


nan. have seen her triumph in peace,
sovereign and independent, forming
constitutions of civil government, Sc.
lected and combined of principles cal


;ulated for durability, superiour to
hose found in any other republick yet
seen. / now see her under a wise and
prudent administration Of the General
Government, respected abroad and
prosperous at home, beyond parallel
in any other nation, and this my ma
tive state, whose prosperity is the un-
|ceasing wish Of my heart, one Of the


most respectable and prosperous a.


mong her sisters.


Pausing at this point of view, with
thankful admiration, although lauda-
bic ambition 10 serve my country, and
a publick life, which has rendered its


duties familiar tend to excite wish for
continuance in it, reason points me to


retirement, rather than to the accept
ance of q new station. | do therefore


decline qualifying myself to attempts


discharge of the duties of the honoura-


bic Office to which have been elected.


Beseeching the Allwise Counsellor


to guide and direct the Legislature, in


all the important business, which may


come before them, and that this Com.


monwealth and the United States may


be name and praise in the earth, so


long as time shall endure.


have the honour to be with the


most profound respect, Gentlemen,
Your most obedt. Strtt.
w. HEATH.