The Massachusetts spy. [volume] (Boston [Mass.]) 1770-1772, 1771-10-31

&c expsECe, ana wben ali Ne "tt'>n,
court could no longer fulPend hiS eonS'ctioH't
10 Zee him fined iix,l ence. Relations OF incn
matters rs their, were doubtless the groupoieiS
iuoOetticn nj ilh which the buly dPints OF The
,,e,sI;zed fuffeters infatuated their neighbours;
and undoubtedly the ccntagion fpresd where
,ver The mitchell was felt. Ihayc MADE no
yc,uple TO brand fueh actions with the eomPi
Gated terms of. villainy, perjury ana t'ealon'
and I lbbeily Affirm that the extoT'icnS; o'
,oon;vsncc at the extor,ion OF bngle fartnlng
hy The officers Of iuaiee is a treaicnabe c'ime'
snd ;neomoatible with their oaths OF ohiee.
In this hands The guardlanih'p OF cur nve .s
and fortunes is lepoied, and there they 'houlu
be 6le. Would not every man ieiume u's
re hi of private war, rather han fat'gue h'n'-
lcif with aoreals from one iharper to anoShe''
,onfc;ou, Ne m of be ruired ar lat, come what
oo;obt ~ The csule in debate II We are not iafe
in snneal 10 The laws of our country, government
.,,o rs Is diGulved, and we are inevitably
thrown into anarchy aud confufon. or THIS
misfortune in your province yourelses are con-
!eGedly the authors, 10 yourieives thereIo'e
pe,tains The icandal OF kir ding the fame that
tn, ea,ened your government.
Won ;u(lly oblerve that with US the oehsvi-
our Of yoor Judges on this occaiion, would be
a proof Of their corruption; with YOU VINO
have more liberal ideas OF the guilt oil extof-
ton and opprtfion, and even OF The horrors OF
a civil war, moved and carried on 10 defence
Of their perpetrators, 1t IS Prahe "o''"y
exertion of their power.
am .much miRsken if the above is not
ynore natural account for the principle ct IL
cen,ioulrefs which you complain prevailed a.
mono Won. than the trite, evative and con-
temptible one you have given. Who IN TINS
county can expect advantage from p"oiic Cd,
Iamityl Surely not the illiterate- huibandman
Real handful more frequently deiiroy than
cultivate qrbeat fields and OrcbAr65 ~! And
nol men with or without principle, bear 10
fni,ely more than they ought from the aVaIi'e
ambition and ufurparion OF their governors
mesnly erouching 10 the mott deiPicaDie
wre,ches, fat,sring with addreiies the TRAITORS
they mould afIail, with united exeeratlons
and TOO much ieienbiing the irTatioral lnno-
cent, who,
Liek5 The hand jnf raid 10 (Sa bis Ae'a.
Men feel for wild beats when unneceilaIily
tortured, and all your rhetoric has fallen tar
mort of convincing me, that you ihould DC
pe,mitted TO ravaee a country, without De-
IND troubled with 10 much as queition about
IT. After all your full and iatisfsetory an
fuer, the authority of your opinion has not
cleared every mans mind OF iufPieion that
Governor Trycn did not always msnifei the
RrcneeR wines and endeavours to promote
univeIlal and impartial juRice. However a
larses field will be opened to you on that head
,lan any thing can pretend to, In ferries OF
pagers publiihing here. They will dcubtlefs
5pecoiIy come to hand, and give you OPT or
runity Of Displaying you capacity IN defending
your amiable friend.
You will not deny that The regulators have
been severely treated you have undoubtedly
read fome of their appeals 10 the public
every hcnea man in the empire IS bound in
duty 10 regard their complaint, 70 far at leaf,
as 10 make due enquiry into the foundation
OF il, and ihoyld fueh enq:iry mani6it that
they were really banditti OF fs6ous barbs-
,ians, impatient Of all legal reitraint, difPoied
unprovoked to invade, and avail lhemielveso of
the property of perions they had no legal de-
msnd uron, it would place them in the fame
prtdcsment with our mott execrable commit
loncrs, and allure you of our mott cordial
congratulations on your iucceis in their exsr-
patton. But on the Other hand, fhould the
regulators in general be found an induIlrious
fes of peaccable farmtrs, Whole fubGsnce was
pilfutd from them, by every srr of lazy
pack Of iofoent vagstonds, Who fhsring the
plumber in one maze or other, with evcsy
executive, and noa of the delitcrative Officers
in the government, and thus carrying their
cop efcD wi h 70 high hand, as 10 ler right
ard c, en- Pity az dthance ; the loftieR light