The Massachusetts spy. [volume] (Boston [Mass.]) 1770-1772, 1771-06-27


viii turn and fight" We are wholly dcpri-
we'd oijufice, dare FAY, Try it when you viii
three fourths Of The people in this cornty vii
FAY, even On oath,i they verify believe w
were deprived of iunice.
Ably. As 10 the ambufcade being LAID
for Mr.. Henderion and Tanning, ;he lepot,
IS entirely groundIeis, at leaf as far as |
know.
5h!y. can truly fay it is out Of pure love
to ourCeives ,ouf neighbours, and our poRerty,
that We contend unweated for our conituuti-
onal rights and privileges, ard no; 10 pIotoGt
any particular OF private property whatto-
ever.
ONLY. Il is in hpport of government that
we chute TO keep our money untlll we have
lome probability OF aiiuranoc that it will be
'pplied towards the fupport Of government.
Can any juf man blame us for this, or
lay W. have not a juf caule 10 withhold it,
when We have had but one iheflff heic ,hlr-
teen years who have fcited their pubic
accounts.
As TO the 9Th qreaion, ! am not concerned
10 aliWet l., having never beat iheuf IN
my life; and as TO DcmoRheucs, Ccero, or
the 7. 5 Of the letter, know nothing ABBOTT,
nor who they were: And ! llould think it
the happieh day ever aw, if ] could with
lecuriry to my property betake niy!rf 10 a
quiet and hon,il induRry, is all M hearts
define And as TO running the country TO
7 or 8cool. coz, it is afoni0ing to think
tina, any government ihould rrD to luch cct
purely to Gcreen and uphold lawieis pack
of unjuf extortionate officers, inloiyent
iheriffs, roeuiih buns, &c. and as to quelIing
US by a military force, l>;ier than allow us
The jar eS@c@:::::;;i ct that confuied law you
lpeak Of; for that, juGly executed, would ia
tsfy every one. But if we mutt fall iacri-
fee to that military force, we ihall not be the
hrf, but mun bear it, for death itfef is bet
ter than fuCh l1very. Is pohible you can
not know our juf complaint, or are you
wilfully blind and deaf to our calamites
Soma TOR debt Of 4 IS. have paid sol. cof,
and executions out for 1881. more. Another
lent horfe TO an attorney, and for afklng
him again was put in prfon, and ruined.
But what am going TO undertake I Ii would
take large folio volume to contain our
complaints Of that nature. You fay, if any
pcrfon has been unjafly dealt by, let him
apply to the law, and he GhalI be redrened.
Alas Sir, fome of US have attended court,
court after court, this two years and upwards,
with our complaints, TO your knowledge, and
have almolf brought ouIieIveS to the mink
of ruin, b. attending court, and paving he
coR of malicious profecutionS and a,e no
nearer redre6 than we were at fff. | ball
now in return ak you a few quefions, and
ihalI be glad to receive difinct anfwers 10
them. III. When the Governor had promiled
US the Attorney Generals shittance, hgri-
fying The King hated nothing more than ex-
tortion in his officers, why did you put eff
the trials, except few aganR Col. flaming,
the hrft court, court after court, till the evil
dcnces were tired out, and then lhew fuch a
dinlke TO our protecting them as you did,
both perfonally in court, and by this your
letter. 2dly. Why was you 70 careful on
every of the f4id trials, except the frf, as TO
hide from US the juf fees Was not this to
keep us jua where we were, at an uncertainty
what they ought to take, that they might fill
carry on their extortions 3dly. Why was
the iuit aganf Patrick Grafton. for malicious
profecuion; and againf Mr.. Husbands, con-
tinued from court to court, and never fuf-
fered to come to trial : Was it not becaufe
the laws are 70 clear in their favour, that they
would certainly be cleared, and the country