The Massachusetts spy. [volume] (Boston [Mass.]) 1770-1772, 1771-10-17

1ShAaSs1Nc VI iIcGuomp you migHt NOT nave
perceived it, and might have thought 20,
food high in the favour of the people. An
honef man may be deceived, and from th,
hstyery offome ofthe clergy, might have col
leeed the fenie OF the province But VIA
you iaw and tSh, oughs at leaf to have mad,
you fufpicioas. True, the worthieTi part of IN,
citizens, (and I heartily join with tbem) con.
demned the method pdrlued TO bring you e
yourielf. Yet the plan as in It's nature il wa
deiperate, could never have been attempted
unleis founded on geResal uneafnels. A vii,
man therefore, would have fhunned the preci
Pice he thus pTovidenIially iaw, and have re-
turned 10 that path the then kind intentions o
the people put in his power.
Although this uneahnefs continued, We
when you reached your prefent ftation 20,
found yourlrlf overwhelmed with addrefes
The mcA pnlufpicious were fond OF feeling
ruler from their own province thus promoted
and feaGed themfelves with the moa sereeabl,
proipeds. This, Sir, they certainly had a riah
to. Born and educated among them. il wal
natural 60 fuppofe your interelis NUT be int
mately connected with the people. For having
honoured you to the extent Of their little abb.
lities, they expected in return, mare in youl
/ affections. Was your condua anfwerable 70
their expeaa.ionsi II 70, why did YOU treat
with contempt every petiiioa Of the cirizen'
At the tine you had the direction of affairs
we laboufed under heavy difficulty ;,~xgfEs
sn almed force surrounding onf1 Senat.
houfs, and the debates of dis aU2d III
body diftufeed wiIh the paradA< Of the
foldIer Voc was warmly and earneIkffva &c We.
fired TO red'efs the difficulty, and order re.
moYai. What was your asfwer 81 have 40
authority over the Kings troops. Did you
fuPpofe Sir. we were all an isnorant race, and
that not ono Of US under GOOD the nature O 90.
verhmeat preferable to az Indi.n fashem
But let ne inform you, there wee then, and
there are now. men who heartily deipifcd III.
vva6on. To inppole being, who has an ab.
ieIasr comwand over province and all tn NO,
Ia il. ADD yet has not an abfoIu,e command
10 an ablnrdity too obvioSs even for an Office
in teHs guards 10 have fallen into. However
60 IemcGy one Inconvenience, you run in q
~nothet. To rreierve one privilege Of the
Houfe, you ceItroy Gill nore cGential. You
remove them from their legal fear, inio
one attended with a thoufand dificul,;e.
Can gou fappoft this treatment in fpite of cyi.
denee and iefnoafFances, is NOT deroeatory ts
this aUguG body - The arguments, on mi,
head NUT have worked in mind 70 rad anc
apt in the dilcoVery Of truth. Let not then
your enemies have occafonto FAY, thas sh,
full Deems OF power have dazzled and blindcc
you. That to continue in your high Office,
Jon arc obliged, and are willing to eradicate
ali thofe principles you Po6efed as a citizen,
and an Esglihman, knd thar you a.e willing
for the fake Of . pehhon 70 enter into the cha.
rsefsr Of iycophant. This III be the notion
Of mankind, whatever may be my private
lentimsuts.
As IL you were determined TO be fni(hed
character, you formed topping here. You
have condefcended to be EMPLOYED by . paltry
miniaer of fate, youth, whole delperate cir.
aumitsnees nuf have been the only recon-.
mesdation to get him into Office, you have
been employed | fay, in manaer which
makes mefeel for you. Awake, Sir, from hi.
lethargy, and Jet me whifper 10 your ear, a,
the boy did to Philip, remember ysr are a man
ScOrn TO te employed in any thing, BAT whsr
the'hieeit honour may juGify. II is pleafut.
1 feel next to my own happiness, to Zee m,
G------r rule with dignity to himicIf, and prof
peFity 90 his people. The former condud bet
ter becomes C---.-- P----- or S----- w.
wretehes, she era Of whom chufes to give ~
the character OF agentIemaD, (Gcntiment neve
mixing 10 bis eomPOGtiOa) to be neeefar,
creature TO every isquey ef 4 niniaer xkill
rhe latter i' fond u lAcfi6sing abilities ar IN
! q lac Of power, md ,hjpks : boz. . nod. q