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344 [Doc. 245.
TRIAL AT GOTTENBURG.
"If the author has been too personal in his remarks, so
that a just accusation may be brought against him, the aggrieved
party has full opportunity furnished him for doing so in a law
ful manner, since the well-known author of the letter is himself
responsible for it. But that Dr. Ekebom, in his unfounded
guesses and one-sided examination, has been entirely wrong,
in asserting that I have been instrumental in getting the letter
printed, is made plain and comprehensible to all by the free
confession of the printer Smitt , made on p. 100 of the printed
Minutes, that he had printed the letter on his own account
and at his own expense.’
"The last point which in all humility I find has been
brought against me, is Assessor Aurell’s letter to Bishop
Filenius, the speaker of the last honourable House of the
Clergy.* If that assessor had been better informed in regard
to the statements which he makes, I am sure he would not
have written as he has; and if he did not entertain an
undeserved grudge against me, which he proves by not mention
ing Lector Roempke’s disputation before the meeting of the
clergy at the same time with my essay for Whit-Monday,
which he declares in the ’ Minutes,’ he intends to publish in
Swedish with notes-I say it in all humility, if he had not
been filled with a feeling of enmity towards me, he might well
have saved all his calumnies and detractions. The real state
of the case I have already endeavoured to explain, and with
the rest I in all humility need not trouble myself.
"Most gracious King, enemies, haters, and detractors shall
now see their desires upon me gratified, if my most humble
declaration and defence, which I herewith lay before the throne,
is regarded with disfavour, in which case my misfortune would
be evident. But I trust in the word of the Lord Jesus, the
Almighty God, ’ Behold I make all things new : I come quickly’
i. e. surely, Rev. xxi, 5 ; xxii, 20 : and from Your Royal
Majesty’s most gracious sympathy for the welfare of the Lord’s
kingdom upon earth, and your justice combined with mercy
towards your faithful subjects, I, who have been for twenty-two
years a diligent servant in the Consistory, and for eighteen
* An extract from this letter is contained in Document 245, J.
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