The Massachusetts spy. [volume] (Boston [Mass.]) 1770-1772, 1771-05-09
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( mar zow fer 40 irt,rvis p but The lsass,
way Of preliminary rec'qfes, that he iilJ u
htf deliver up to him .rc S.eur ObreG.o !,
&ullisn Reliden,, when ih- Porte haI, d.
Under ar arieis It fs3re an'n.9ple.
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Waller Dad has j0ined the Ruilian quzdton
with his G, 81, and they are now making dir-
petitions fo an enterprise which occaEoas a
good deal fUneaines inthe ARCHIPELAGO.
PARIS, staacfl fF6,aa'y IS. Since tie
dhgrace Of ie parliament, the following GU
rious paperi .lculated here. g The libe,te.
Site,. Aatpn is owe to the; people, is .ae
liberty Of tn t.z's. You are mater os IT,.
lives and for; Of your fubjeas yet 20.
cannot dlipa'A ( fhcDa but according &c law
Il IS true, you Esnowcdgc none bur God
above you ; b6t ne avs ought to have
more authority }er Il q Jouie,f Ycudo
not rule over Az ,t govern a free AID
warlike nation, q aloae Of her Liberties as
Of her fidelity, a win 4 allegiance is &,
much the more Afu,e, s It is founded on
The love lhc bears haq r s.ters. Her kices
are omnipotent to t-r, 4 caute her tender
neis and loyalty iet /, b. irds to her obe..
dience; but her knl nuif yhemielves limit
their own authority sad il ,5opSrtion as
her love knows no of4r L than a blind
iubmlfiion, her'kings exa 3nothing from
that fub1ifiibii, bit v issss tIie laws permit
them to exact from othe. ~, they arc
40 longer the fathers Il : pro.ss. re- Ct heir
People, they are the sacini- a.. operifiors Of
,sieFls j -rtrr.y RIO longer feign over tarr iabg
jects, they flbdue them. The pa ser of yout
auguf great grandfather over the nation has
furpahed that of all the kings your prede-
cefiors. A long and glorious reign had
strengthened it his great wifdom fupported
it; and the love Of bis fubje6ts (carce put any
farther bounds to it: Nevertheless, h. has
more than once known how TO make il Give
way TO the laws take them for a, bitra,oI
between him and his lubje6fs, and nobly lus
NIT his concerns 10 their decllions. IL is nj
then the fosereign. 1t is the law, Sire, tlI
ought TO reign over the people. You 4
only its minlfer and fla dePclitary --itis Il
law that ought to regulate the exetc ie
authority; and it is by the law that this
ihoriy is no longer yoke to the futjed
but rule that guides them; a hep that pi
tecfs them paternaI wa,chfulneis, that
cures their iubmldion, only becaufc it fecg
their love~ Men believe ,hemleves fl
when they are governed only by the lsd
their whole happiness con!ilts then in y
fubmifion, becaUle that fubmifion CO
tutes their peace and confidence. P-ai4 /
all the nordinate and ambitious
which princes mingle with the exc.
authority, far from extending it, raj
weaken il they become leis poweifdii, as
foon as they want to be above the laws !;
they Iole when they think to pain; whatfo-
ever renders authority unjuf and odious,
enervates and leilens il; the fource of their.
power is IN the hearts OF their people; and
however ar5itrary they may appear, it is GER
tain they lofc their real power, the momeLt
they lofe the love Of their fubje6is." T
WHITEHALL, Marcb 2. The King ha-
wing been plealed TO graz; bis royal licencE
to Rober, Melville, Efq; Captain GenerY
and Governor in Chief of bis MaiefyS
iAands Of Grenada, the Grenadines, s.. Vim
cent, and Tobsgo, in America, TO return 10,
S,ithis kingdom; ms Majeity has been fleziedI
to appoin; William Leybou-ne, Eig; iotd
Captain General and Governor in chez q
thofe iflancs, in tie room o. the Eaid Roteri
MeIyilI, Eiq. Lsadse Gazsf's
LoNnoN, .s.acsb 2. A Counsel Is far