The Massachusetts spy. [volume] (Boston [Mass.]) 1770-1772, 1771-05-30

preience and councils 1T is ,herefo;e nonienie
to throw the odium and guilt of public inca
fures, entirely upon the minifrY, when the
King only appears to be b!ameab!e, becauie it
is in his power wholly to prevent them. ]
fha'l always fpeak in respectable terms to the
Sovereign, bur if il ihould be thought lpeak
TOO freely, let it be remembered the ciIcum-
frances of the times demand it. hope not
to live to fee the time when the people Of
England ihal be 70 loyal, as to make their
Prince compliment Of their liberties nor
70 corrupt as 10 fufer him by lsweS force to
wreit from them their birthrght, their nher-
lance, which ought to be as dear to them as
their lives, and never fhould be refigned but
with their Taft breath. In this manner !
would have them act, and in this manner
hope they always will act they, belf thew
their loyalty to their Prince, who defend the
laws and the contribution; his title and CONT
nuance upon the throne will be very precari-
Gus when once they are sfe6tualIy defroy-
ed he could not eniute himiclf either peace,
or happiness no it's but reaionable to lup-
po!e, that he would fall in the general ruin,
if not,it might be attended with the defrrcii-
on Of his family afterwards ;theie coriicera-
,ions fho,iId think would ways be # tff;cient
inducements for veryPEince governing free
people NOT to violate his coronation oath, nor
in one infance to break through the laws,
and deny right to his people.
Many have been the attempts fince the
foundation Of Cur governmental break in up
on its contribution and with various fuccels.
More than once it has, ieemingly been over
turned and defroyed, either by the open at
tacks of violence, or blythe more fure way of
undermining, tapping, and corrupting and
fometmes by all together but fuch has hi
therto been our happiness, that divine proyiE
dence hath been 70 benign, as to freich forth,
the Almighty arm in our defence never fails
ing to animate fomc great and good men
to undertake at the rilcue of their lives, the
recovery Of our civil and religious rights aid
as blazing FAIRS enIighten the armament, 70
did they the minds Of the people, and provo
ked them TO noble imitation of their virtue
and courage.
Let me exhort you my worthy country
neu,at this time to defend your rights, againf
the united efforts Of King, Lords, ard Com
mons, they ieem determined to deitroy them
do you fix refolution, and determine to be
free. Let not the power Of mifguGed and
pervetfe Prince, the profitution of hereditary
peerage, nor the corruption of the houie f
commons terrify you. Remember we arc
engaged IN the caule of liberty, the birthright
of every man a caule that will do immortal
honour to our memories ;the day is arrived
there is no time to be loft we mutt awake
from the fatal let6argy we mutt exert our
lelves and not by foolifbly complimenting
our Prince be weaving the web of our own
defru6fion. IF he is deafto the cries of the
wretched, and concerns not himleif about the
welfare of the nation, it is absolutely nccef-
fairy we (hould pay Tome regard to our own
preierVation, and that of our country. No
man (uneEs fome pallive obedient fool) will
pretend that there is any loyalty due to the To-
ve,eign, further than hehimlelfis loyal to the
law IfanY man milled by found and deluii-
on doubt this, let him conlider the deiign Of
mag'"fScJ' and the DUTY Of magifra,es and
y ne mas reaion f,him, he will find that duty
is due only to thoie that perform theirs /;
that protection and allegiance are reciprocal |;
that every man has right to defend, what
no man has right to take that the divine
rightof Kings, if they had it, Can only war
rant them in doing actions that are divine, and
cannot protect them in Cruelty, degradation,
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