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from their chva&er, fcrvants of God are bound
to submit to'the higher powers, and to obey
□Mgiltratei, are not out of courtly complai
fancejo their rulers, or from, a mean timorous
and fl*vi(h temper,do refigo up their just righis,
when impericufly demaoded or craftily fought
after, challenging the r right and pleading for
it, though this (hould not prevail to the im
mediate red refs qf grievances, yet may be of
high importance, to keep alive—to cherish and
ftreogthen, not a spirit of Ldion and difeontenc,
but that spirit of liberty, which is as it were
the anima tng foul of a freeftate ; —which be
ing once gone every thing valuable will become
an cafy prey,and a state of abj-d fl * very tnfur,
to live io which may be far wotfc, than to be
free among the dead.”
My Countrymen, it is undoubtedly the pri
vilege of freemen to examine the coodcd of
their rulers, as all power is originally derived
from God, by the iotcrpoGiion cif the people,
to their ru’ers ; it seems, the proper buGnefs of
the people to fee that no bid, no arbitrary use
is made of it. Mud confefs, 1 am eharm’d
with hearing the wife, the virtuous, the intre
pid conduct of the honorable council, aod pa
triotic house of representatives of the province
of rbcMafTachuktts Bay every where cooftant
ly prais’d, except by a fc^ courtiers informers,
pimps, paraGtes and pen Goners who Esau like,
would fell not only their birth right, but their
Country and poQcrity for a morsel of meat —
Mult recommend the conduit of the affcmbly
of our Gfler colony to your most (ericus co 0
deration and imitation, and all the other colo
nies that hive nobly exerted themselves in the
cause of liberty Our present freedom from
the Stamp a& under God, was owing very much
to their condud and the vigorous intrepid ex
ertions of the wife mtn of the east in our colony,
and not to the mean, merceaary condndl of a
number of courtiers, that appear’d ready and
willing to resign all our natural rights and char
ter privileges, under the vain aod grou-ndlefs
ipretence of (aving our chtrter, though truly
for the lake offome petty post, money or ho.
nor, that comes from home. Upon examina
tion you’ll Gid, perhaps, the fame men and
their tools as willing to give away part of our
co ! ony now. as they were all our rights and
r ’ivi tsges then. Shall conclude this ray (hart
aldrcfs with a (hart prayer to Almighty God
me rigiaal father and fountain of truth and
e on. religion and liberty, that we may all
Coch a wife and virtuous improvement of
verty in this world, that we may finally be
Qi cd into <he great and g oridus liberties
fins of God, in ’h; next
Philanthrofut Recivivus,
■m d’eat, March 24m, 1774
y would be heartily forty or U der the-,
’fe colouring of t^c ; nfq ic,h inn-h c airn do
the enemies < our n^ppy-c'n ti’atioi* peep out.
Fo d’.ftroy he confti ut on bo h civil and «cli?
g 00, <> their ebirf aim ; and ii I (h u d go
ar as to f»y they w*uld be glad <o have the
•arter t?k-a ? r*y, Ihould Ib; uochwritable ?
*M<» ,y no means. For it can b$ proved , that
eve ;n prefect fche ne have wifh’d to
GOu h » were the case. Such are p acemen
■ oeuGon ? or expert a p’ace and apenfion ;
iuc t cafe.they are traitors to ttc government,
i defervc tuf.be iteated as such. Ihepin is
needy to oppose the Su'qoehtfinah propric
, as is pretended, but it is to make a revo
iia the goyeWsiyo?, J',’* we a not med'
my m?io to-oppose. It is under this
• ereocc that the,. present admioiftrati
on ; rehannah proprietors, or at least
• . o t >em ; and ihu they will lay
-jin the government, which
r ti? _ - ruth, fraught with all
people know the Sus
qaehanoah proprouhs would gladly carry on
\ . ,v. i cc-ft a d charge, if the go
Che ALARM. Numb. I.
. r dENEVER. any man, or set of meo nc
h V d.- w.nite ver co our or dilgoifc they ap •
-a- t ■ n.) L^rt or altar ths govern
■ a m CI n ne .dmi liftration, especially
< fom <I n t ~u u-; wife *nd virtuous, it
b h ev . r , j o f he. cq.i (utqtjon <0 gire
me ALAR VI Mt bun ft men m»y • 0 *e de
Idle m j te (u -s wivch upon cool refl it on,
ADV ( RTISE^ENT.
A STATE RAGS to be run for th: Roy”
a' Plate, on which th: Arine of tbit Colo
ny t: engrav’d by the young Horse Wcflmor
land, againfi the old Hotfe Charter, at Hart
ford, on the second Thur/day of May next—
It is jaid that very extraordinary Betts are Jaid
and in such a Manner^ that every Freeman in
the Colony is intere^ed in the Event. The Weft
moreland is a Horse of great Spirit and Fterce
nefs, and very Long Legged, it is thought he
wilt run with great Vehemence and wilt be
crowded hard by the Jockiss. as they are now in
top Credit, any they ^are all at Stake. The
Charter has been an excellent. Horse in /is. Day,
more valued for his good Carriage and Elegance
of Form, than Largentfs of Size, and when
mounted by a good Rider that under flood bis
Temper, hath performed well, and fear ce ever
was diflanced ; however, he was forced into a
Race with the Horse Purcisafe, the la& Season
when not at all prepared, and having been rid
hard the day before., and a'fo obliged to carry the
Weight as Humbert t which by na means should
io convention, aod that a private one too for
purposes bad by appearances — for if hudablc
they would not (hut ihcmfelvcs up, Upon the
whole, I hope the freemen will make a del.ber
ate and wife choice, and thofc towns who have
sited so prudent as to fend 00 deputies be pro.
perly noticed, and a flop put by the next as
fembly to all future meetings f r the bafcß de
Gga. Here eodeth the Grft Lefton.
vernment weu'd quit their claim to them. The
plan is p’ain y this, to turn oct the most pious,
wife, aod friendly 10 the constitution, to place
in the ch es feat of government, others that
cannot be supposed to be very friend y to our
re igious libcry, and so by degrees bring upon
our necks that yoke of episcopal tyranny
which neither our fathers cor we were able to
bear. Be wile betimes therefore my friends,
and take the wile king Solomon’s advice, ‘ Med
dle not with theia that »*e given to change
take the alarm, and don’t be perluaded by a< y
idle Sufquehanmh fc.re crows 10 aher your
votes for the honorable gentlemen of the Upper
Houfe.leafl you bitterly repent it when too late.
— I am furs there is noec left ioterefted in the
Sufqoeba a h lands th.n I m, and there is not
a bet er or a mure (mere riecd ts the intcreft
and conflitution es the colony than I am. but I
fee further into this deep aid plot than many o
thers do, therefore 1 f und the a'arm SV hat
caufcd the late convention a»MidcTetown?where
was the bottom of it ? was it the So r qujh«nnah
claim ? bo, it was formesi upon a icandslous
libel Gg i’d Many who if he Wvi not very igno
rant was very wicked. Ibis piece many dif
aff <£ted to ’he prrfcnt admiciftration v-ry gree
di y catch’d hold of, end form’d parties ar d pe
titioned for town meetings though in many
town* I am told the fe'eft men bad prudence
enough to ev«de such app ication, though ap
pled to by great numbers. Some town? when
met wifely ju Jged the method p op^fed by that
ignorant or wicked Many was uncon(ii’u<ional
and would not fet.d ; other towns (pctbaps
more wife in their own conceit) feut to the
number es twenty three towns, which made just
furry 6«e members. The gentlemen appear’d
as I am inf>r<i’d. to he men of fen!c and some
of too much honour to think ar bear of any
ahciation which did not seem to suit the other
part, who I am inform’d repair’d to the tavern
and agreed upon a nommatioa for the next c
kdti n of governor, deputy governor, &c frem
the weft. Now what ibis wist lead to any 00c
may judge ; but if such com mft is not repre
henG'oie I don’t know wbat is I think eveiy
meeting upon th; occtlion was ilhgal, anJ every
man io su’hority that tiled, countenanced, or
encouraged (uch meeting ought to be depriv’d
of his authority, beejufe ‘ he bore the sword
in vain,’ and was not • God’s minister for good,’
nor ’ a terror to evil dotrs.’ Yet I dont mean
to be understood that men may not petition for
redress of grievances, nor remonftratc agsinft
wrong proceedings. No. this were to deprive
us of our liberties, and I am a high Too of i
berty— but I mean not to abuse liberty to licen.
tiouinefs. Every town may pe»ition the sffem
bly «nd every town or freemen’s meeting may
ioftruft their deputies, but not meet together
To be fold at Public
Vendue at she DwrlLog Hcufe of Mr. Mcfes
Butter innho'der in Hartford, on the fourth
Tuefdty io April Inst at 4 o’Clock afternoon,
t e R fidue of the Estate ot Ebenezer Becton
deceas’d cotfiftiog of One Piece of Land lying
in ’he South Meadow in Lid Hartford, also Ooe
Piece of Land lying in New Hartford, together
with sundry articles of bcufltsuld Furniture,
per Thamas Seymeur^ IHdminif
yojeph Church jun. J traters.
Hartford, April tft 1774
Whereas application
has been made to me the fubferiber one of bis
M?je(ly’i justices of peace for the county of
Fairfield, by more than a Gxteenth part of the
proprietors of the lownfh’p of Smi bfield Gluated
near Lake Champia.n desiring me to warm a
meeting ofihe proprietors of Grid towrfh’p to
fee if they will.sgrec ro lay out said townfliip,
and also tranGd any 0 t buGncfs that may he
thought neecful &c. Thefc are therefore to
warn all the propr tors of (aid town(hip of
SmithGdd to meet at the dwelling boufe of
Wihiam Gsylord Hobbcl in New Fairfield, on
the l*ft Monday ot Ap il ioftant, at two o,’clock
in the afternoon in order to fee if they will
agree on the purpaßa aforefaid,
Alexander Stewart, Juflice of peace.
New Fairfield, April 2, 1774.
WHEREAS the owners of more thin the
Gxteenth of the rights or Shares the
lownfhips of Hubbatton and Dunbar, which
towtfh p» were granted by the government of
New Hanfhire, now fuppos’d to be in the go
vernment of New York, have made application
to me the fubferiber to warn a meeting of
said proprietors of said townships, these arc
therefore to notify aod warn a meeting of fard
proprietors, to meet at the dwelling hcufe of
Mr. William Sheldon innholder in Sheffield, in
the county of Berkshire io the Massachusetts-
Bay, on Monday the 18th day of April mft.
then and three to chose a moderator, and pro
prietors clerk for each townlh p and do any
other buftcefs that (ha 1 be thought proper for
the fat warding the fettlcmcnt of hid townships.
Thomas Chittendtn, Justice of peace.
Salifbary, April 2 1774.
Printed by Eben, Watson,
have been fuferea— when tee fees was run, hi
get worked, which lut.lt his Spirits very much,
and Qccajsontd his Legs to Jweh, and is mt yet
recovtred, jo as to be quite fit for another Race.
However, his Spirits recruit Daily and it is
thought if he can have a good Rider ana such a
Humber of fieaay Friends on the Spot, as to fee
that he has justice done hitn, he will perform as
well as tver ; however it is said the Affair is
so contrived that the Charter is to run a Curve
Line, and the Weftmorand a dirt fl Longituai
nat Cour!e which gives the Wellmerlapd the
Ai. vantage of at lea ft one fifth Pari and if this
is not prevented before the Start so as ts have an
equal Chonce, and a'fo that the Chirter be ftrip'd
of unreaf noble Burthens while on the Race it
is shcught he will get beat —we must p y the
Lo'fngs—the old barter become ufelejs, and
ntver fit to run another Race.
Five Pounds Reward.
STOLEN
U T of the lubjeribers pocket, on the even
irg of the ^th day of March last an old
b ack leather pocket bock tiea round with a piece
of red ferret it contain d a number of notes
of hard. Receipts. Orders and two 20/ bills
dateu lljoone qs bits’ York currency supposed
to be counterfeit The above theft is fuppos'd
to have been committed bi a negro fellow.-——
Whoever [hall apprehend the thief. and secure
him Jo that he may be brought to juHice and the
things recover'd (hall have the above Rs ward
and all necessary charges pail by
ROB- KT BRANTHWAIT.
Hertford, April 5 1774
all dollars pod by reward and charges me, two
BLAKSLEE. JOHN
New 26th, Marlborough, March 1774
said Irifhmm, will Whoever tske thief up —
(hall him with goods, the have and return to me
bom, but would te taken be Country to an
■ perhn which fouff boxes. The I some and
i this flraight is built is trim person, he net a
theft reason think committed the have great to
andfuodry fmaU such &im, articles. thimbles as
of pair flioes, tobacco boxes, men one two or
of ribbon, Gve piece of blaek w.-rfted one pare
Stolen from the fub
briber the of th last viz, February 5 on 2 two