The Massachusetts spy. [volume] (Boston [Mass.]) 1770-1772, 1771-05-16

| i"pfo'No ny Hl'"''SS iFoiii i'liBSs 81" '''N =
psndent OF the people here, is in the fam
| lqht az ~ 81 c. B----~, main
ia ned nv the paw Of F'----e. 'fhele a!e urea
fures the coGRtu,ion knows nothing of.
would ok, whether there can be in natuT
| fuch thing as 1855. Of this PROVING, n
paid by the people here. On the principle
Of government, it is foecli'n, a contra
diGtion in terms. o. in o:her words, whether
when no monies are RATED for the fgppo't g
hrR magifrate, and no provihon made fo
fach perft,i, whether, FAY, iii law, tho
high Office is not vacant If tha; YOU'D b
the cafe at home, it would be 70 here. 4
------- is not natural, but ppltica
Being: To confi'ute this Being, equal part
| and members a-e nec Fay as in human
body theie members the conaltution ha
framed and p4rticu ar'y dticrbyd. As thei e
fore in natural tate, creature with ut 1t
proper parts, organs, &c. is a moniter, ;
thing repugnant to lhe uluas courfe of nature
70 in the political (, fem, ruler wlthou
thofs qualifications the contribution his made
necshary, is, mmfynm bwrendnh; or II
other words thing 1t knows nothiI g of
But it would be happy for people in fuel
cafe, if the only inconvenience that may
aric, comes from the vacancy, if may e
express IL of the chair. here are howe:e
other mlchieis that viii enfue. IL is maxim
founded on fold experience, the balance q
property, will ever carry with It the balance
of power. Where this balance is in one per
fcn, in few, or in all, government is eithe
monarchial, ariRocra ical, or democratlcal
The conGitrion has %ifely placed this ba
lance in different, though equal hands; b,
placing 70 many checks on each other, i
wilely prelerves this equality. Should how.
ever, one par, of the leg,niture, grow moI'
weighty than the other, this quality is loft
Like three powers in machine, as Backbone
compares il, which draw "a lally; # ont
power is increafed with greater weight, j
will draw finally the Other powers to it
Should one part Of he legnaiion inlreaie IL
lhare Of property, the balance is altered, anC
he other parts will be inlenliby drawn into
fuhj 6fon to il thefe are turhS Of which W,
ale esliIy convinced. In r me, the Paui
clans, by acquiring great lhare Of propert,
fooA ihfted the balance of the common
wealth: This the Gfscchi perceived, bu
perceived il 100 late. With this change o
the balance, the mott mlersb'e confequence
enfue. Harrington tells US, . Where th'
balance changes from popular to monarchial
The public intertf becomes rore private
Luxury is introduced in the room IT tempe
! rance, and fervitude in the room of freedom
| which occalioned iuch a corruption of man
ncrs, as BY the example o. Rome in the fnt
of the Inunyri Iende cd 1t incapable o
beng a common wealth" Let US compar,
thefe principles with preient facts. Tn,
enemies of this country have long been Pfac
I fing againlt It's we fare, peace, and happiness
| But the tacks they have made were e,eilct
in fuch manner, ,ha, the whole leg ilAtun
was wounded byit. E.eiy branch OF thi
augua body, 0Hg5t, whAever might have beel
/ tact with ole tj4ucular part, 10 have relllte,
.hoie attempts bGt the preien: policy is NOR
dangerous. lis :ourdsd on Tow, but fur
bails---on thoie principles which have fh4ke
he REPUBLICS Of Greece aud Rome, and fub
vesied The liberties { ever free fate that eve
exiited. They now endeavour to alter III
| political balance, and to throw that weigh
INTO ore braRch of the Legislature, that Wi
sf 6iuslly weaken the o.her two parts of il
W hen thus weakened, on the PRINCIPLES c