The Massachusetts spy. [volume] (Boston [Mass.]) 1770-1772, 1771-10-31
Vol. /. I.
For the MASSACHUSETTS SPY.
The CENTINEL. No. XIX.

The CENTINEL. No. XIX.
Sos05es triumphant fran fucerfsful toiis.
OF hsrOes lain, be 6fars TIE rsskizg Ip0i5,
Evbotbota5 may bailbim zv;tb dsif'<U'd Afeia1@'
md y this ekief amends hit formsr fame.
f. PoPE's HoMER.
eegsac4ssssago govern with PrcPriesy---
&@sSSSsS TO be the means OF diftnhng
@.ff 1@ happineS to thculands, and
SNH 1 HSAR to FIX the BATS of empire IN
yShIESaD the affections of the fubjeet,
TgCS%SyT6 is talk not frequently en-
|SNUrOWN@ tered ON among mortals, and
feem, 20 be the fole attribute of him who is
the King of Kings. Yet e find tome men
whatever may be the cafe with the generality,
nobly venturing on this plan. Not the lultre
of power. or the extrinhck ornaments OF a
throne, which may captiyate the unthinking,
will feduce the man whole views are mus
een.ered, or compeniase for thole weighty
cares which flick as thorns in his pillow, and
frequently difturb his rePoie. But however
imperfect the execution OF what he generouily
intended, a grateful people will revere and
love him, and caf mantle over thoie faults
human nature can hardly ever rife hyperion to.
But quite different will be their feutiment with
refpea to him, who makes the baubles OF To-
vereignty fatal engines TO enfave millions,
and in whole conduct, thefe little failings
fwell into crimes. While the former 10 yene-
rated. the latter viii be equally lslsjls1' i"-
Jttlts1, cwjfd and 1asfsd.
Thsfe thou hts naturally preiented them
ielves to my mind, on reading paragraph IN
the laa SPY, purporting, that Captain Preton,
was reimbursed the FUN of sool. Rerling,
for the charges he might have been at IN de-
Tending his conduct the 9Th Of March, A. ID.
1870, and was ALTO favoured with the peniion
of zool. aerling per anDum. This account
NAV be premature, and for the honour OF hu-
man nature in general, and of the EHgliih go
vernment in particular, | with il may pc.
But repeated bad treatment will mske any man
fnfpicious, and reflections on the behaviour OF
thofe 10 power through the whole of this fatal
trabf4eiion, will jufify this fulpicioh. But
before enter on the mattT, would premife.
thar my opinion is, that our moi amjabis )O1s-
yeies, whom God long preierve, has had no
hand in this dark procedure. He has private
virtues, and the man of focal qualities will
deteh the action. On the miniAer let The odium
lie, and that fame principle in our law which
fheIters the fovereign, gives full hope of ven-
geance on the beads efbff great mfH. fay,
will not Ettet7 my K, TO have any hand IN
this affair, for it is one Of the bslef that ever
blackened Englifh hiRoy. II is an injury
which / afert, and s6err fsslfggJ, no tree
man can forgive. Some grievances We labonr
under, when redTeGed, would be no more
thought of. They may rot hike the carcanes OF
their coutrivers, and like their memories Pc
rim Ia a Mort fpsce of time, but Jacb an igjSlt
may never be forgotten.
l believe if we ranfack every period in
the annals of Great Britain, and every law
book that ever was wrote, we ihlll find no in
Rance before the preient ara. when homicide
of ftIlopv citizSS5 was never rszVarde9. Ills re-
marka bic, that however criminal the Teigns o.
former monarchs, no wretch ever dared REetcE
his power TO fuch an height. IL is the unhap.
pihefs Of this age to produce the fra inRsnce
and BAJfs, Mc.2girk, Mclaughlin and Prs6On
are the venerable names that will hereafte
faud as presidents. Homicide Of futjed
even when jnF;fa6ls, is always looked on IL
our laws, as melancholy incident in Rate
and Lord Coke tells Us, the realon is, "ths
men fhould be 70 wary TO dire6 their Actions
as they tend NOT to the effnhon of man.
Blood" Hence the fpirt of the law, that Is
rhsn1aughter. slthough, out of iefpea to tht
ih6rnities of nature, the man has not judg.
rheut of death. YET he forfeits his goods ant
chat.e'', is burnt in the hand and may be i'm
vFiioned q, plealuIe. And Coke tells us fur