The Massachusetts spy. [volume] (Boston [Mass.]) 1770-1772, 1771-08-22

nGo1 ard man fhould be your ruling paiIion.
Lei this golden rule Of heaven be The touch
Zone by which you try every aetion.- Re-
eardicfs of calumny and Aat;cry, travel in the
narrow and bright paths CT virtue and he
nour teaching by your example the 'noit uie-
ful and important leilons, and demonstrating
your inyioia5se attachment 20 religion and
liberty, while every pullc beats attour tor
the welfare Of your country ! Then will
your administration be glorious TO yourfelf,
and to thoic you govern. Your days will
clofe fercne as the bright feltins iun, and
your poHerity as well as your memory will
Be blentd By God and man. lfthcie wcighty
considerations will not turn the lcale in your
mind, | inuR bid you ad!eu forever ; sor Is
never expect your acquaintance in this world,
70. unlefs you are influenced by heavenly
motives, cannot hope to have it in another.
But | hope better things of you than many
freak, and things that will accompany your
roli,;cal and eternal hlyation. We know
your f.uation is difficult, you have an lgno-
rant, corrupt and wicked minifry (ifwe may
believe Lord Chatham, and Others, the beii
in England, or our own fenles) to p!eaie,
men are fcdom pIcated with what is right.
who Sir, the path Of honour and duty is fiji
But, plain before you, tell the minlltry, tell
the King, that the plans which are PuIiulng
to tax the colonies and fubje6t them to ar
bitrarv cover, will end in the defruction OF
the nation--that civil wars, confuiion and ru-
in. will be the hnal iilne. Tell them they
are tapping the foundation of the kingdom :
the Americans, throughout this vaf CONT
nent, murmur, complain of oppreHion, and
are determined they will not much longer
bear the bugthens and inlults that are heaPed
upon them-.that the day is fat approaching
wherein the union between America and
Great Britain, on which the exihence Of the
kingdom depends, will be dihoved tell them
that as fervant to the King and to the poo
pIe. YOU are bound by the facred ties Of your
duty, thus plainly to fpeak your mind and
remonRrate againft the mealures of the court
THAT the evil which threatens foon to over
whelm the nation may be foreicen and avoid
ed--and that if they lhould fill be deterroi-
ned to purfue the fame dearu6five Eseafures,
YOU cannot be the inftrument II carry into
execution plans which will Inevitably prove
the fna! ruin of the kingdom and therefore
fha!l reign commin:on which confcieuce
fo.bids you to hold upon llch ;nFan:ou'
terms.
If the nlinGry iball continue deaf to the
voice of rea.on, blind to iseir duty, or regard
lels it, and Notwithstanding all your Ie'
monflxnces III iaGG upon your executing
their uorigD,eous commands: In theis clFcum
fances, Cir, give the world an inconteitlbI'
proof OF your virtue, BY ore glorious act q
p.tro,iGn, conclude your preicnt political
cx;G .nce.-and become at once the open and
ayowed enemy oftyranny, and an invlolable
friend 70 all the liberties ofyour country and
mankind Then Ghall you have that g0od nam
and laziag faVsur from your fellow mer
which is far more TO be defired than all th'
creatures, vain pomp, and empty majeity'
which Garth affords. Every reflection upor
acting 70 noble part will fiji your mind with
,has heart -feltjoy and fpblime Pleafure which
is ip(eparabe from a godlg life, feats the
noble foul through all the Vicifiitudes OF tIll,e'
and enters with it into eternity his, Dir,
is the glorious prize fet before you, which
arden,Iy win you may o0tain---I hen your
;IIuArious deeds will out live the fun, and
time will quench the FAIRS before il bots out
your fame AN AMERICAN