The Massachusetts spy. [volume] (Boston [Mass.]) 1770-1772, 1771-05-23
For the MASSACHUSETTS SPY.
The CENTINEL. Nc. w.

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4TSM 50 of mr. argument, | wo9io
SsgsN D RIs9 take fome FINAL notice of
H&n N@N one Imb0Uidns, who with
SSSSSSSg much dselamat0'y nnjfnjf,
cSDQHO@AO has abuled thoie who have
endeavoured to point out our prefent grie-
vances. Though addreiled to Leonidas, his
" theatrical puff" has particularly attacked
the CentinEl. as perfon angry with the -----
for neeatiying, and deal of fuch
" froth." fhall not infuIt the reader with
many more Of thefe 6 high fwollen words OF
vanity" would only gently
Gap this Bug with gilded wings,
This painted Butterfly who fiaks and fngs.
Pore.
\ Inhappily for this gentleman, his peculiar
lrid diefion is too notorious for us to milf
y Re his identity. We are furprifed, as he
Ways pretended to interfere with no party,
find he has at length inifed. Some good
meaning perfons have enquired, Wbat
happened TO the Jan of KJ6? Is Saul alfS
ibng the brobbefs? Whether his intentions
thus behaving may be anfwered, we fhall
.reafter know. Whether his abilities as
Pautomime" will be difplayed in the JGered
Zee he alpires to, or whether he muii creep
while longer in his prefent humble fphere,
line nuif diicover. But as the public may
be of the fame opinion with an elegant writer,
" there can be no greater torment to man,
than to be plagued with the ribbaldry of a
coxcomb." | (hall leave our hero to feat
himfef on the prettyexpreiiions he has cued,
and take the advice of the wife man, An
fwer not fool according to his folly lea he
be wife in his own conceit."
THAT there is fuch thing as ilavery in
the world is a fact too evident to be denied
how il came, is another queltion. While
the human mind is 70 universally iet
sgainff it, ard 70 ihudders at the name of
i, one wond think. it impolIible it lhoul1
ever have an exiftence. That it had its rife
in the tufts and inordinate paflions of men
will not be difputed. But when we fee ifates
that once were free, powerful and great, Iofe
their liberty, and become flaves, we wonder
more. 1t appears to me, this never could
have proceeded from force. A nation, that
has long tailed the fweets of freedom, will
ever reillt oppref1ion, and fcarce fubmt to
an exifence under tyranny. Art, policy, and
Intrigue, have done more mitchell than the
fword. When we think of the Bruti, the
Horatii, and fome other famous men of old
Rome, who felt the genuine fpirit, we may
be apt TO think that nation could never be
enllavcd. To check the power of the Pa
t,!cians, Tribunes were chofen every me-
thod was purlued by that honeff people, that
human wifdom could forefee to guard their
freedom. When the Patricians attempted,
the Tribunes Clamoured, and Rome could
never have been enlaved by thefe open
means. They were ruined by the meafufe
we fpoke of in former paper, a meafure
which perhaps, even the Patricians them
felves did not attend to. In the midff of thefe
difputes, they acquired and increafed their
property. This foon brought the people,
and even thefe Tribunes dependent on them;
till at laii, when it was too late, fome worthy
men perceived their pretenfons were but air,
and that the balance of the common veal
was lhifed. This has been the cafe in all
ages. 1t is by this means the Grand Seiguior
is defpotic. The Ssphis and the T'imariots
Of his army hold their lands of him in =
feudal way. Their tenure is to do ferVice