that he's writing all these sort of propaganda newspaper accounts

宣传性的报刊报道
and trying to stir up animosity,

试图激起人们仇恨的同时
he also was writing letters to people in England

他还给英国人民写信
trying to persuade them

试图劝说他们
and hopefully inspire them to persuade others

也希望他们能劝说其他的人
that the people of Boston were rightfully defending their liberties

波士顿人是正当地维护他们的法律自由
and deserved to be defended by people in Parliament,

他们应得到国会议员的保护
not condemned and punished.

而不是责罚
Equally important,

同样的
the colonists were not saying

殖民地者并不是说
that they wanted nothing to do with Parliament,

他们不希望受到国会的干涉
or even that Parliament had no authority over the colonies

或者说国会没有权力管殖民地的事