The Massachusetts spy. [volume] (Boston [Mass.]) 1770-1772, 1771-05-30

LHfGfTs oPs"IH o"S ""'W' A'~'
Thomas D ma ;, -.
Uxbridgs. Capt. Ebenezer Wood.
Hq,Oard. Ifrael Taylor, Eos
Sb,s1vt1uy MIR, Phineas Heywood.e
Ssutbbpy Timothy Brigham, Elq;"
Sfwb, i4gs. M. Daniel Fix.
For the County of BtrkBirs.
W1Hamfpco7 and Sbs6sX CapS. lfaac Scarf.
Great6drrington and kg'm'nf. David
Inge,fol, jun Eiq;
PnfeH William Williams Efq;*
Stoekbridge. Timothy Woodbridge Efq;
For the County of Cumberland.
Falm,utb and Cape Elisabeth. Jedediah
Pebble, Etq,
For the County of Line0ln.
Gergstssva Capt. James Mac Cobb.
The Gentleman with this ri mark were
not of the Houfe laf year.
This Gay the Alembly preiented the fol.
lowing Remembrance to bis Excellency.
May it pleafs yonr Exeelleny,
TIME Great and General Court or
Alembly being again convened at
Harvard College, by virtue of his MajeRy's
wit under your hand and leal, the Houie of
Representatives think it their duty, before
they proceed TO the public bufioefs, humbly
20 lay their remembrance before your
/ Excellency.
By the charter of this province, the Go
vernon for the time being is inveifed with the
full power of converting, adjournlng, pro
roguing and diGolving the Aaembly; Yet it
is power in trulf and the Houle conceive
they have clear right to judge for themlclves,
whether lis exerciied for the public good OF
the province, for which end alone he is en-
truRed with it.
Il has ever been found by experience, $D
the town of Bottom is the only convdhfnt
place for the holding the General AfieAbly !:
Accordingly, the province has been at great
expence in erecting and fupPortlng iuitabie
building for that purpofe. And the Aiiembly
has ufually been convened and bed there,
from the time Of the fetslement of the
country, excepting at times when BY reafon
of contagious iickneis, the lives of the men,
bers have been endangered.
This Houle cannot conceive Of one good
purpoie that can be ferved by holding the
AHembly at preient in this place: On the
contrary, il mutt be attended with many
great inconveniencies and real injuries, not
only to the members themlelves, but ALTO to
Others whole buiineis necenatily calls for
their attendance here. Thele are 70 obvious,
and have been 70 lately pointed out to your
Excellency, thar il is needless at this time to
mention them.
The holding the AHembIy out of the town
of Bolton, through the whole of the lalt
year, 70 ftrongly and juRly rsmonfrated
againf, to your Excelency, BY both Houies,
has been confidercd as grievance, by the
people in general in the province: And while
il is continued, it will have tendency to pre-
vent refforation of thar harmony between
the Geveral branches of the shembly, which
is 10 earneitly to be deiired BY all good men.
The Houfe therefore cannot but perfuade
themlelVes, that your ExcelIency will, for the
fake ofpromoting hisMajefy's fervice,and the
GOOD of the province, exercile the power fully
vefied in you by the charter, and adjourn or
prorogue this afembiy, to its antient, ufual
and only convenient place, the Town Houfe
in Bottom.
A people are peculiarly happy, when their
reprefentatives are true to the truft repoled in
them BY their esgqifaenft. That our Preient
HOUSE OF COMMONS, his excellency
mufi execute rhe appel alton, are faneh in
the caufe ofliberty, is apparent from the fore