The Massachusetts spy. [volume] (Boston [Mass.]) 1770-1772, 1771-08-29
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| u however evidences the t.uth Of known
maxim, when peIforIs fold TO do michel
ne VIII Tick al nothing either ridiculous or
wicked" nIs items TO be the cafe with
you, Sir, and your Juato, and you approach
very nigh The EtuasIon Of him who IN the
'acred text is faid, fsbar4.n bis bsa,f, aaS I'm
yet more and meys.
Bat To come 70 the matter in hand, this
prtient uania6tion can leHd Oily 10 make
you ridiculous. The Printer muN eoua.y
deipiic he action and the authors Of il. Per-
haps nitead Of irjufing, you aie Guly doirg
him rea! icrvice. TO take the words Of
Jun,us, 4" the rays OF Indignation collected o:sa
hn ierve only to illuminate, and cannos
coniume." Such public notice OF him will
undoubtedly draw the attention OF mankind
towards him. The conicqueuce mua be-,
he nuit by the bulk of his fellow citizens be
Teipected or defpiied it is impoRibe for him
now to be obfcure. Your known character,
Sir, and thofe with you, added to an infpec-
ton Of the Undergraduates ,hemfelvcs, and
the caufe evidently Imported there, muif CT
fe6tually prcierve him from the latter, while
his hImnels in this fame caufe, while at
tackled by paultry individuals here, and the
whole force of metropolis thee, NUT en-
title him 10 the former.
viii now took into The se1oivcy you pzfitd
on this important 0ccalion, and pay perhaps
greater attention to them, than lome may
think they demand. You begin with ex.
prefing an high regard for your late hero,
and Telcniment at the Printer for fufpe6ling
him TO be one. You ALTO declare the people
were let of rebellious, ungra,efli wretches,
not 20 revere his character, and adore his go
yernment That they are now fenfibe of
heir mif'ake, and heartily forry for it. IL is
not from you, Sir, we lhs form cur notions
of this laid Tyon. Embarked in the fame
cauie you ought in juRice 10 be true to bin.
And mutt in duty i4y this of you, that YOU
have iupported the plan Of action you formed,
and food by one another with greater finn
nels, than we fee wFetches generally do
who are embarked in 70 diabClical an enter
prize. Actions fpeak louder, and convince
me more fully than all your approximations.
L@A Va hiNb1 Jus N'oif diio tIlpdludHJ ca
anime theie actions, and fee whether they
enttle him TO the amiable, and almoh di-
vine character you have exhibited him in.
! hcte Actions were, as you will not pretend
to deny, in the hIit place rafting an armed
force, putting them under military law,
marching with them as through an enemy's
country, conflicting eftates, and to COM
peat the tragedy, firing on body Of men
with cannon, by which numbers were de-
lfroyed, and thole that remained. under the
fanetion of court Of juHice, executed as
traitors. Thcfc are a6tioHs which the COM
mon feelings of humanity tell US ought never
TO be prolecuted, but under inevitable necel-
lity. lfthere was this necefiily mere, the
Governor appears in the light Of an amlable
iulf fupporter ofthe laws. But on the contrary,
if it appears, this Governor himielf plum
dered and Narrated this poor people, upPcrt-
ed and encouraged attornes, peitifogers, and
other iccundrels, to ruin the fortunes of the
citizens, and iEprilon, and vex at p.eaiuTe:
IF inGead Of enjoying the rights Of EngiIlh-
men, they had the frit principles Ct juihce
denied them, I'LL at length they were drove
to delperation IF to cIole the melancholy
tale, on their nsbly sncning their rights,
thee actions of buicherng and icafodIng
enfIed, we mua, and the impartial word
viii look on this man as 4 traitor and muir
cCleT. Whether tbs Tas TIC Truth, W..