The Massachusetts spy. [volume] (Boston [Mass.]) 1770-1772, 1771-05-16
For the MASSACHUSETTS Spy.
The ENTiNEL. NJ Ill.
&C The LbiM suiR RE that is Unborn
The bmtint of that Day."
CMEvY CHAcE.

The hunting Of that Day.
CmEvY CHAcE.
SsessaaseAsssag he next grievance | would
&x$sS&S have my countrymen look
NsysN = Ils@ into, is, that which is con-
HNn I'M tanned in one Of the lait ad-
SS95SSSSY dreG:s of the Houfe to his
SDGlTO@AO Excellency; they thus ex'
preis themleIves, As your ExceIlency was
not pleafed to give your ailcnt to another bill
paGed in the lait fr1ion 81 this ahemb!Y foF
granting the fun of three bundled and
twenty FIVE pounds for your fervces when in
the chair as Lieutenant Governor, the Ho.ft
are apprehenfive you are under lome rettrans;
and they cannot account for it on any oihel
principle, but your having provllion for your
fupport, in fome new and unprecedented
manner. IF the approximations of the Houf'
are not groundlef, they are focitous to be
made certain of it, before an end is put TO
the prefent felton, and think it their duty,
to pray your ExceIlency to inform them,
whether any proviion is made for your iup-
port as Governor of this province, incepen.
dent of his Majefy's Commons in it," 10
this his Exceency replies, +" muf oblerve
TO you, that the King, Lofds, and Commons,
our fupreme Legislature, have determined 1t
to be expedient, to eh4t'e his Ma ,efy TO
make certain and adequate proviiion for
the fupport of civil government in the colo.
MES, as his Majefy ihal judge necehAry."
BY all this it appears, that the Governor Of
this province has EaIary from home, indie
pendent of the people he governs; and that
this was the reaion of refining his ailent, &c.
If this is the fact, the contribution of this
country has received one of the greaicGt
vnuuds it ever felt.
The trainers of our preCent mode of 90
vernment, wfely took the fyftem of Pollty at
home as their model a & fem the happieit
that ever bleii:d mankind, as it contains the
conv~niences of every other government,
without the imperfeetohs of either. The f.
veral parts of which it conGfs, BY being
continual check on each other, fix the whole
on fold, beautiful and confident BATS.
While the power of the monarch NAV It hc
any unlawful attempts of the commons,
they in their turn by Withholding lubildies,
aids, sc. may prevent the prerogatlVe from
Ipreadng into too great bounds. The po.
lily of this country, though it flows in ute
freams, yet originates from the fame foun-
tain. Though a miniature, yet it is founded
on the fame principles with the contribution
of Great Britain. We have our Governor,
Council, and Commons, to anfwer to the
King, Lords, and Commons of Eng and,
and lhe fame rights, the fame privileges thai
hold in the one, are inleperable from the
o,her. The fame check on each part of our
legnature, we have, a. in the legin1tion at
home. Should King of Great. Britain, at
tempting to defroy the liberties of bis iub-
ieas, yet fenfibe of his weakness tG ms
work, while checked by a iefoluIe docfe Of
Commons, endeavour to affect 1t BY the
afliifance of the monies Of another nation,
What would the nation think of iuch itep I
lanes the lid. aduated from principles mi
meal to the contribution, loft the favour Of
his fubje6ts, and was Obliged to fly the king
dom. To recover his crown, he flung hun
felf into the arms of France, and was sfiitted
BY French troops in the pay of France: | his
at once rendered a reconciliation irrecoveTa-
be, and the defendants of this unhappy
Prince now live defpifed and neglected. The
fame doctrines will hold COED in Oar con-